“The good news is you can get a lot of information off the Internet for free and in a hurry. But I think the breaking up of the media, which is otherwise kind of healthy, has contributed to less actual reporting and a louder, more contentious, more divisive public discourse, highlighting conflict, sometimes falsely.” ThinkingKindSometimesMediaInformationInternetHealthyConflictNewsDiscourseGood NewsPublic DiscourseContentiousHighlighting Author:William J. Clinton
“Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?” PeopleNeedsMindImportantYoungLiteraturePsychologyInformationHealthyGuidesProductiveOwnersChemistryManualsAlgebraGood RelationshipGroundingLive HappyProductive Life Author:Daniel Goldstein
“The Internet is manic. It's very strange. I don't think it's healthy. They should outlaw posting comments! It's a bummer to go somewhere to get information or buy tickets and you encounter profanity everywhere you go.” ThinkingShouldInformationStrangeInternetHealthyEncountersCommentTicketsOutlawManicProfanityBummer Author:Sufjan Stevens
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein
“Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice.” IfsNeedsGivingMatterSchoolChoicesParentStepsInformationHealthyCornersBrandsMealsRestaurantsBrand NewSupermarketsHealthy Choices Author:Michelle Obama
“I battled with my weight as a teenager, partly because there wasn't the information or conversation about how to live a healthy lifestyle.” InformationHealthyConversationWeightLifestyleTeenagerHealthy Lifestyle Author:Alison Sweeney
“Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make certain it provides the best information possible to help people stay healthy.” PeopleShouldChildrenHelpingGovernmentCertainResponsibilityRolesInformationHealthyOur ChildrenDietsPersonal Responsibility Author:Jim Talent