“Strip away all the assumptions about what competition is supposed to do, all the claims in its behalf that we accept and repeat reflexively. What you have left is the essence of the concept: mutually exclusive goal attainment (MEGA). One person succeeds only if another does not. From this uncluttered perspective, it seems clear right away that something is drastically wrong with such an arrangement. How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose--and fearing that they will make us lose?” IfsTryingPersonsDoeSeemsEnergyLeftGoalLosesAcceptingClearPerspectiveSucceedConceptsEssenceClaimsCompetitionSpendingRepeatsAssumptionArrangementsBehalfExclusiveAttainmentMega Book:No Contest: The Case Against Competition Source: No Contest: The Case Against Competition
“Sometimes we forget that if we do not encourage new work now, we will lose all touch with the work of the past we claim to love. If art is not living in a continuous present, it is living in a museum, only those working now can complete the circuit between the past, present and future energies we call art.” IfsArtSometimesPastEnergyLosesForgetArt IsClaimsMuseumsCircuitsPast PresentPast Present And FutureNew WorkWorking Now Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Science boosts its claim to truth by its spectacular ability to make matter and energy jump through hoops on command, and to predict what will happen and when.” MatterHappensEnergyAbilityAtheismClaimsPositive AtheismCommandSpectacularBoostMatter And Energy Book:A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love Source: A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love