“Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in fruitful debate. The lively narratives, based on the author's experiences of working with various groups interested in using philosophical tools to clarify their thought and action, will engage a wide range of readers.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantShowsProblemActionGroupsTeachingParticularReaderFindingsToolsPhilosophicalVariousWideDebateIdeologyNarrativeRangeTopicsPlatoPalestineLivelyThoughts And ActionsPhilosophical Thinking Author:Gary Gutting
“Way back last summer I asked some of the most outstanding educational minds in this Nation to tackle this problem. I gave them a single instruction: find out how we can best invest each education dollar so that it will do the most good. Your support and the support of every leading education group proves that they did their job better than I had hoped, because for the first time we have succeeded in finding goals which unite us rather than divide us.” WayMindFirstsProblemJobsLastsNationsGoalEducationSupportGroupsProveFindingsSummerFirst TimeDollarsEducationalDividesInstructionOutstandingLast Summer Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Over the past few years, the Supreme Court was six times more likely to accept cases from an elite group of 66 lawyers than it was from more than 99 percent of those who petitioned the court. That's the finding of a recent Reuters special report called "The Echo Chamber." It illustrates how almost half the appeals accepted by the court over a nine-year period came from this cadre of elite lawyers--many of whom have personal connections to the nine justices.” YearsPastJusticeHalfAcceptingCasesGroupsSpecialPeriodsSixFindingsPercentConnectionsCourtLawyerAcceptedSupremeNineAppealsReportsElitesEchoesSupreme CourtChamberOver The PastNine YearsPersonal ConnectionCadre Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer.” YearsChildrenFactsShowsSeemsSchoolEnjoyAnswersGroupsMaterialsFindingsCapableAdultsAbsenceExperimentsRight AnswersSupervisionAnswering Questions Author:Sugata Mitra
“Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about the integration of minority and immigrant groups along the way. This is an important work and a joy to read.” WayImportantStatesAmericaJoySocialUnitedUnited StatesGroupsTheoryFindingsSignificantContributionMinoritiesImmigrantsConcreteIntegrationIlluminatingMeccaImportant WorkSocial TheoryEthnography Author:Eboo Patel
“I made a film about adolescence and what going through it is like for a specific group of girls. Adolescence is always about wanting desperately to be individuals, and also about wanting desperately to fit in. For every teenager it's about finding that balance.” MadeFilmGirlIndividualGroupsBalanceFitFindingsTeenagerAdolescence Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.” PeopleDreamMightGoalCareersGroupsFindingsRaisesShoesBarsPeersSchedulesWorldviewBoostRaising The BarPeer Group Author:Seth Godin
“A lot of people are not comfortable being apart from the group, from the whole herd, and listening to the inner voice. They just follow what the crowd does and wear what the crowd wears and think what the crowd thinks. They get very caught up in doing what the world says is the cool thing to do and living the way the rest of the world lives. Once we make a decision to break away from that and not be part of the herd anymore - by going inside and finding our own voice - then life just becomes magical.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayDoeWholeVoiceDecisionBreakGroupsListeningComfortableFindingsCaughtCrowdsThings To DoCaught UpHerdsInner VoiceCool ThingsWorld Life Author:Echo Bodine
“Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon. The fact is, we can do just about anything. There is no difficulty, wherever you are, in finding groups that are working hard on things that concern you.” HardFactsCan DoGroupsStrangeFindingsConcernDifficultyPrivilegeEnormousCarriePhenomenonImpotenceWherever You Are Author:Noam Chomsky
“I'm happy to get up in the morning. I'll tell you a little secret: I still want to work in Hollywood. However, I get really excited about getting on a plane, flying to a city, and talking to a group of people about finding the gifts they already have inside.” PeopleWantLittlesStillsSecretCitiesTalkingMorningGroupsFindingsHollywoodExcitedFlyingGet UpPlanesGet Real Author:Kim Coles
“I really struggled moving from New Zealand to the United States. I still have very strong ties to my home, and it took me a couple of years to feel settled in Los Angeles. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends and found the places where I enjoy spending my time. Finding beaches to get to made me feel much more plugged into the environment here.” FeelsYearsMadeStillsStatesHomeMovingFoundStrongEnjoyUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentGroupsCoupleFindingsSpendingBeachTiesMy TimeLos AngelesVery StrongNew ZealandGroup Of Friends Author:Rose McIver
“That being said, everyone of us can move a big step farther towards determining the direction of our own lives. We can all break free from group think. Some more than others. Most don't. Finding out who is who is great fun.” ThinkingSaidBigsMovingFunStepsBreakGroupsFindings Author:Lewis Schiff
“With movement, families get split. With the politicization of religion, spirituality gets diluted. With people intermarrying and falling in love outside of pre-existing defined groups, the tribe is disappearing. I'm not in favor of going back to those things, but you can't take those things away without putting something new in its place. So finding a way to make transience more acceptable, even beautiful is key.” PeopleWayBeautifulFallSpiritualityGroupsMovementKeysFindingsFalling In LoveDisappearFavorsDefinedSomething NewAcceptableSplitsTribesTransience Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I was really scared that other girls hated me, that I wasn't pretty enough or cool enough or I didn't have enough Instagram followers or whatever. Finding female friendship was such a monumental point in my life. And I never want somebody to feel like they have to re-evaluate themselves to join my friends or to join any friend-group.” WantFeelsEnoughGirlGroupsFindingsMy FriendsFemaleScaredHatedFollowersInstagramEvaluateOther GirlFemale Friendship Author:Rowan Blanchard
“In a typical mental health catch-22, the alienating nature of depression tends to keep its sufferers from finding their way to the very support groups that might help them.” WayHelpingMightSupportGroupsFindingsMental HealthTypicalSufferersSupport Groups Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel