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“A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing ability without a pencil is no particular advantage.”

Computer Economics Logic Judgement Literacy Goverment

Author:Robert S. McNamara

“When I applied to graduate school many years ago, I wrote an essay expressing my puzzlement at how a country that could put a man on the moon could still have people sleeping on the streets. Part of that problem is political will; we could take a lot of people off the streets tomorrow if we made it a national priority. But I have also come to realize that NASA had it easy. Rockets conform to the unchanging laws of physics. We know where the moon will be at a given time; we know precisely how fast a spacecraft will enter or exist the earth's orbit. If we get the equations right, the rocket will land where it is supposed to--always. Human beings are more complex than that. A recovering drug addict does not behave as predictably as a rocket in orbit. We don't have a formula for persuading a sixteen-year-old not to drop out of school. But we do have a powerful tool: We know that people seek to make themselves better off, however they may define that. Our best hope for improving the human condition is to understand why we act the way we do and then plan accordingly. Programs, organizations, and systems work better when they get the incentives right. It is like rowing downstream.”

Humanity Politics Economics Incentives Social Policy Goverment

Book:Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

Source: Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

“Society is produced by our wants, and goverment by our wickedness ; the former promotes our happiness by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.”

Society Goverment

Book:Common Sense

Source: Common Sense

“there is in the most occidental part of Iberia, a very strange society, they don´t rule themselves, nor do they allow others to rule them.”

Society Portugal Goverment Lusitanians

Book:"Bellum Britannicum", De bello Gallico, IV. 20-30, V. 8-23; 1881 [Leather Bound]

Source: "Bellum Britannicum", De bello Gallico, IV. 20-30, V. 8-23; 1881 [Leather Bound]

“Why do I write fact-based fiction? With secrecy so inscrutable, I'm looking to needle someone about someone or something.”

Writing Truth Books Author Writer Secrecy Truth And Lies Speculative Fiction Goverment Fact Vs Fiction

Author:A.K. Kuykendall

“Paul Chehade is dedicated to serves the unfortunate, regardless of a person's religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all people, helping communities worldwide. Ethical junction making choices easy.”

“Miriam is upset. Her voice is stretched and I can't look at her. Perhaps they beat something out of her she didn't get back.”

Trauma Germany Survivor Ptsd Beat Traumatic Gdr Beating Goverment Security State Phsyical Abuse

Book:Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall

Source: Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall

“We are not lacking in ovservation by which the relation of language to its variable usage can be determined rather precisely. Insight into this relation and the art of applying it belongs to the spirit of the law and the secrete of governing. It is just this relation which makes classical writers. The trouble caused by confounding languages and the blind fatih in certain signs and formulas are at times coup d'état which have them in the kingdong of truth than the most powerful, freshly exhumed word-radical or the unending geealogy of a concept; coup d'état which would never enter the head of a scholarly blatherer and an eloquent journeyman, not even in his most propitious dreams.”

Law Language Coup D éTat Goverment

Book:Writings on Philosophy and Language

Source: Writings on Philosophy and Language