“Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his members, the social compact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members." "We grant that each person alienates, by the social compact, only that portion of his power, his goods, and liberty whose use is of consequence to the community; but we must also grant that only the sovereign is the judge of what is of consequence.” MenGivingPersonsWholeUseBodyMovingForceSocialCommunityLibertyHe ManJudgingOughtMembersConsequenceUniversalAbsolutesGoodsGrantsPortionsSovereignCompactCompulsoryAbsolute Power Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, movies, presenters—there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void.... That’s why the slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little window.” LittlesWould BeBreakStageMediaParticularNewsConsequenceWindowExcitingAbsolutesSilentDepthScreensAlternativesEmptinessSlipsVoidFlashInabilityFutilityAdvertsPresenterSquinting Author:Jean Baudrillard
“No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.” PeopleCountryMatterConsequenceAbsolutesSeparationRoyalAbsolute PowerSeparation Of Powers Book:Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion Source: Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion
“Design is a field of concern, response, and enquiry as often as decision and consequence... it is convenient to group design into three simple categories, though the distinctions are in no way absolute, nor are they always so described: product design (things), environment design (places) and communication design (messages).” WayThreeSimpleDecisionEnvironmentGroupsDesignFieldsProductsCommunicationMessagesConsequenceConcernAbsolutesResponseDistinctionCategoriesConvenientEnquiryProduct Design Author:Norman Potter