“Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed.” MeanPersonsTwoEnoughGoalMillionsTeacherDoorsStudentsCostLuckyAccessOutcomesOnlineGreat TeacherOnline Learning Author:Daphne Koller
“The notion of art as the dearly purchased outcome of an immense spiritual risk, one whose cost goes up with the entry and participation of each new player in the game.” ArtSpiritualGamesPlayerRiskCostNotionOutcomesImmenseParticipationEntry Author:Susan Sontag
“Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.” PeopleNeededCostPursueAdministrationOutcomesTrusting People Author:Bill Shorten
“You know, we live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost, even though the costs almost inevitably end up being orders of magnitude larger than anybody projected at the outcome.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLittlesEndsCountryMightSufferingOrderCostConsciousDiscussionOutcomesBombsMagnitude Author:Andrew Bacevich
“Extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different - and perhaps barren - outcome.” HumansHas BeensStillsDifferentWarPoliticalGoneLandCostIraqOutcomesOccupationRoutesHostileInvasionBarrenExtending Author:George H. W. Bush
“The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It's also the only privatized system.” WorldWorstCostOutcomesHealthcare Author:Noam Chomsky
“Nations that pay for outcomes and health actually spend a lower percentage of GDP, and they have better outcomes. And so the Affordable Care Act is starting to make that migration, but we've got to keep down that path, and we'll improve outcomes and reduce cost.” CareNationsPayPathCostStartingOutcomesPercentagesAffordableMigrationGdpAffordable Care Act Author:Tim Kaine
“The US health-care system is a complete scandal. It's got twice the costs of comparable countries and some of the worst outcomes.” CountryCareWorstCostHealth CareOutcomesScandalHealth Care System Author:Noam Chomsky
“Each of us has something within us which won't be denied, even if it makes us scream aloud to die. We are what we are, that's all. Like the old Celtic legend of the bird with the thorn in its breast, singing its heart out and dying. Because it has to, its self-knowledge can't affect or change the outcome, can it? Everyone singing his own little song, convinced it's the most wonderful song the world has ever heard. Don't you see? We create our own thorns, and never stop to count the cost. All we can do is suffer the pain, and tell ourselves it was well worth it.” IfsWorldWellsHeartLittlesSelfPainSufferingSongDiesCan DoWonderfulHeardDyingCostSingingBirdConvincedOutcomesBreastsLegendsScreamDeniedSelf KnowledgeWorth ItThornsCeltic Book:The Thorn Birds Source: The Thorn Birds