“We learn more about how human brains work. And that leads us to ideas about how to make human brains work better.” Quote by Kevin Maney
“Some of what we're learning suggests a balance between exposing children to new things, yet giving them a chance to repeatedly experience something they enjoy, which builds "chunks" of information in their brains.” GivingChildrenEnjoyChanceBrainInformationBalanceNew ThingsExposingChunks Author:Kevin Maney
“Frankly, the conservatives need to be better conservatives. Real conservatives actually respect our Constitution and would stand up to an authoritarian. Real conservatives believe in clean, limited government and would stand up to anybody who is basically setting up a kleptocracy, nepotism, and crony capitalism. And real conservatives are actually strong for America and not weak for Russia.” NeedsBelieveRealGovernmentAmericaStrongCapitalismWeakConstitutionCleanRussiaSettingSettingsLimited GovernmentNepotismCroniesCrony Capitalism Author:Van Jones
“We actually need conservatives to be better conservatives and we need liberals to be better and stronger liberals.” NeedsStronger Author:Van Jones
“There seems to be a passive alliance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and that's unprecedented in its form and dangerous in its content, because Russia is our most dangerous geopolitical opponent because of the desires that they have in the Middle East and because of their desire to break up Europe. And in the United States, we spent a lot of blood and a lot of treasure trying to keep Europe intact and democratic, and trying to keep the Middle East from being only influenced by people who are massive fans of [Syrian President] Assad and massive fans of the Iranians.” PeopleTryingStatesSeemsFormDesirePresidentUnitedBreakUnited StatesBloodFansMiddleDangerousTrumpEuropeDemocraticEastTreasureRussiaOpponentsMassiveMiddle EastPassivePutinAlliancesUnprecedentedAssadGeopolitical Author:Van Jones
“Steve Bannon is the architect of the entire blitzkrieg that we're seeing against American values and the American people.” PeopleValuesSeeingArchitectAmerican Values Author:Van Jones
“Steve Bannon is clearly somebody who has studied not-normal politics and the Constitution and the Electoral College. He is somebody who has studied Hitler and Lenin and a lot of people who have seized power and unleashed blitzkriegs from above and created tiny cabals of power concentrated in a tiny group at the top. That's what authoritarians do. It's right out of the playbook.” PeopleGroupsCollegeNormalConstitutionTinyUnleashedElectoral CollegeCabalPlaybooks Author:Van Jones
“The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.” ProblemGuyStudyAmerican HistoryPinochet Author:Van Jones
“You know it's not "you have to see it to believe it" - sometimes you have to believe it to see it. You have to know what you're looking for when you're seeing signs of an authoritarian takeover of your country.” KnowsBelieveCountrySometimesSeeingTakeovers Author:Van Jones
“Steve Bannon is the biggest threat to democracy that we've faced since the Civil War, but in the Civil War the champion of democracy was in the White House. So, even then, we were probably in less danger as a country than we are right now.” WarCountryHouseWhiteDemocracyDangerRight NowThreatChampionCivil WarWhite House Author:Van Jones