“Money never seems to be interested in strengthening regulatory agencies, for example, but always in subverting them, in making them miss the danger signs in coal mines and in derivatives trading and in deep-sea oil wells.” WellsSeemsSeaMissingDangerExampleMinesOilAgencyCoalTradingStrengtheningDerivativesDeep Sea Book:No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler Source: No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler
“The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to explain table manners or road safety or gardening, only sex. Anyway, it was bad Darwinism. Taking the example of a monkey and applying it to yourself misses the point that animal behaviour is made for the benefit of the species, not as an excuse for the individual. Being incapable of sustaining a stable pair and supporting children is really not in the interests of our species. Neither is it really in the best interests of the philanderer.” ChildrenMadeUsedIndividualSexInterestAnimalMissingExampleEvolutionBenefitsSafetyTablesSpeciesExcuseMannersCheatingPairsUsualGardeningStableBehaviourIncapableMonkeysSustainingDarwinismTable MannersShrewsPhilanderer Author:A. A. Gill
“People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example.” PeopleFeelsSocialChanceSituationMissingFrontsExampleInsecureHumiliationExhibitsDominanceTeaseSubmissive Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“It's a very simple example to show that if you miss one step in a process in can cost you an enormous amount of time and money to fix. With a checklist, you can write it down and give it some someone else for them to do successfully. Checklists require discipline and organization, which is something internet marketers have to master.” IfsGivingWritingShowsProcessSimpleStepsMissingExampleMastersAmountInternetDisciplineCostOrganizationDown AndEnormousMarketersTime And MoneyChecklists Author:Brian Tracy
“What's been missing from digital music sales has been the possibility of added depth. In a printed package one can only include so many images and so much text - for example - but digitally it's wide open. For the most part at the moment we get less information for slightly less money - though we could be getting a lot more.” Has BeensMomentsMissingInformationExamplePossibilityDepthWideDigitalPackagesPrintedDigital Music Author:David Byrne
“A friend at school was always being laughed at because his father emptied dustbins for a living. But those who laughed worshipped famous footballers. This is an example of our topsy-turvy view of 'success.' Who would we miss most if they did not work for a month, the footballer or the garbage collector?” IfsSchoolFatherViewsMissingExampleMonthsLaughedGarbageFootballerCollectorsDustbinTopsy Turvy Author:David Icke
“I could've written songs about, for example, the Paris attacks as they happened and have the song out the day after, but doing this project and following the news made me realize how much I miss deeper nuances in the news reporting. There's already so many quick opinions and angles being thrown in your face, so I avoided writing about things like that and tried focusing on the smaller, more seemingly insignificant things. The things you would find in the back of the newspaper or the back of your mind.” WritingMindMadeFacesSongRealizingOpinionWrittenHappenedMissingExampleProjectsNewsFollowingDeeperNewspapersParisThrownYour FaceAngleInsignificantAvoidedNuanceInsignificant ThingsNews Reporting Author:Jens Lekman
“I think that we're making a mistake if we don't see that there is a cultural basis to many illnesses, not just psychiatric ones. Breast cancer would be one prevalent example right now, different kind of cultures surrounding it. If you don't understand the cultural meaning of an illness like that you're going to miss the boat even if you're a great scientist.” IfsThinkingKindDifferentWould BeCultureMistakeMissingExampleRight NowScientistBasesCancerIllnessBoatBreastsMaking MistakesDifferent KindsBreast CancerPsychiatricGreat Scientist Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl