“An unreflective passion for social justice may be one of the biggest obstacles to creating peace and prosperity in the 21st century. While there are most certainly factory owners in China whom we would rightly regard as criminal in their treatment of their workers, it is very important not to confuse these incidents with the phenomenon of globalization. It is a good thing that Wal-Mart is encouraging more humane standards in its supplier's factories.” MayImportantPassionSocialJusticeBusinessCenturyCreatingStandardsRegardSocial JusticeGood ThingsWorkersProsperityObstaclesChinaCriminalsTreatmentOwnersPhenomenonFactories21st CenturyGlobalizationHumaneIncidentsSuppliersBiggest ObstaclesCreating Peace Author:Michael Strong
“All the utopianism of the early days of the Internet seems to have dissipated. But I don't want us to lose that utopianism altogether, even if it was naïve and ill-informed and sometimes silly. Rather I want us to ask about the obstacles that are preventing the good stuff from coming to fruition. Let's investigate and think about creating something worthwhile instead of assuming that there is an inevitable track of increased centralization, consolidation, and commercialization that we can't do anything about.” IfsThinkingWantSometimesSeemsAsksStuffLosesInternetCreatingAssumingIllTrackObstaclesSillyInevitableWorthwhileWant UPreventingFruitionCreating SomethingConsolidationCentralizationCommercialization Author:Astra Taylor
“I'm super happy to see the record doing its thing and for people to like it, but for me, I had a great victory just as a person. I overstepped countless obstacles by creating that record. And the record's a metaphor for the personal steps I [took] throughout the past year.” PeopleYearsPersonsPastStepsRecordsVictoryCreatingMetaphorObstaclesGreat VictorySuper Happy Author:Justin Vernon
“Because my college was a local college, it had a historic role in educating minorities and the tuition increase was viewed as an obstacle in creating more opportunity for minorities. I threw myself info the protests with all my heart. Ultimately, a group of us barricaded ourselves in the school for about 3 weeks so we brought the running of the campus to a halt.” HeartRunningSchoolOpportunityRolesGroupsWeekCollegeMy HeartCreatingIncreaseObstaclesLocalsMinoritiesProtestHistoricHaltCampusTuition Author:Lewis Schiff
“Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.” WayStillsFormScienceViewsEducationRichEnvironmentTheoryMountainCreatingConnectionsStartingObstaclesTinyUnexpectedBroadsClimbingDestroyingMasteryDiscoveringDeep ThoughtAdventurousStarting PointBarnsClimbing MountainSkyscraper Author:Albert Einstein
“Why couldn't she have this, just enjoy this, without creating obstacles, digging up problems, worrying about mistakes, about tomorrow's? Why let the maybe's, the what if's, the probabilities spoil something so lovely?” IfsProblemEnjoyMistakeWorryTomorrowCreatingObstaclesLovelyWhat IfProbabilitySpoilDigging Author:Nora Roberts