“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.” IfsHumansDoeWisdomGrowthHuman NatureProgressionRoman EmpireHuman ProgressRetrograde Author:Edward Gibbon
“We can consider the process of healthy growth to be a never ending series of free choice situations, confronting each individual at every point throughout his life, in which he must choose between the delights of safety and growth, dependence and independence, regression and progression, immaturity and maturity.” ChoicesIndividualProcessGrowthSituationHealthySafetyIndependenceSeriesDelightMaturityDependenceProgressionNever EndingConfrontingImmaturityFree ChoiceRegression Book:Toward a Psychology of Being Source: Toward a Psychology of Being
“...all man's desired geometric progressions, if a high rate of growth is chosen, at last come to grief on a finite earth. And the social system for man on earth is fair enough, eventually, that almost all massive cheating ends in disgrace.” IfsMenEndsEnoughEarthLastsSocialGrowthGriefFairsRateChosenCheatingMassiveFiniteDisgraceProgressionSocial SystemsGeometric Author:Charlie Munger
“The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is not a biological issue. People are not increasing in numbers out of stupidity and ignorance. Population growth is an ecological phenomenon linked very intimately to other issues, such as the usurpation of the resources which allow people to live.” PeopleWayGrowthForgetNumbersIssuesIgnoranceResourcesPopulationStupidityPhenomenonLinkedExplosionsProgressionEcologicalPopulation GrowthGeometricStupidity And IgnoranceUsurpationPopulation Explosion Author:Vandana Shiva
“The whole entire album is about Cry Baby, you know, being super insecure and kind of like going through her emotions until she finally realizes that she's comfortable with how crazy and insane she is and I think that I've made the exact same kind of progression , and the growth...and I don't know, like I feel like I've definitely grown into who I am and, like, I think Cry Baby is just me.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsKindMadeWholeGrowthRealizingEmotionCrazyCryBabyComfortableAlbumsWho I AmInsaneInsecureProgressionCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez