“If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.” IfsTryingImportantCan DoCreativeInformationDiversityIncreaseImportant ThingsExposedVolume Author:Jonah Lehrer
“The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much as, or more than, hands or mouths.” MindImportantMatterHandsGrowthBenefitsMouthsIncreaseSizePopulationUseful Knowledge Book:The Ultimate Resource 2 Source: The Ultimate Resource 2
“No Zionist can forgo the smallest portion of the Land Of Israel. [A] Jewishstate in part [of Palestine] is not an end, but a beginning ..... Our possessionis important not only for itself ... through this we increase our power,and every increase in power facilitates getting hold of the country in itsentirety. Establishing a [small] state .... will serve as a very potent lever inour historical effort to redeem the whole country.” ImportantEndsCountryStatesWholeEffortLandIncreaseHistoricalIsraelPortionsSmallestPalestineZionistFacilitateLevers Author:David
“Always help people increase their own self-esteem. Develop your skill in making other people feel important. There is hardly a higher compliment you can pay an individual than helping him to be useful and to find satisfaction in his usefulness.” PeopleFeelsImportantSelfHelpingIndividualPaySelf EsteemHigherSkillsIncreaseSatisfactionEsteemComplimentUsefulnessCompliments You Author:Donald Laird
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output... A steady rate of monetary growth at a moderate level can provide a framework under which a country can have little inflation and much growth. It will not produce perfect stability; it will not produce heaven on earth; but it can make an important contribution to a stable economic society.” LittlesImportantCountryEarthHeavenGrowthPerfectLevelsEconomicProduceIncreaseRateContributionPhenomenonStabilitySteadyQuantityStableInflationModeratesRapidsFrameworkMonetaryOutputHeaven On EarthImportant Contributions Author:Milton Friedman
“One of the most important axioms is, that as the quantity of any commodity, for instance, plain food, which a man has to consume, increases, so the utility or benefit derived from the last portion used decreases in degree. The decrease in enjoyment between the beginning and the end of a meal may be taken as an example.” MenMayImportantEndsLastsUsedTakenExampleDegreesBenefitsIncreaseInstanceMealsEnjoymentPortionsQuantityCommodityUtilityDecreaseAxioms Book:Papers and correspondence of William Stanley Jevons Source: Papers and correspondence of William Stanley Jevons
“The utility of a language as a tool of thought increases with the range of topics it can treat, but decreases with the amount of vocabulary and the complexity of grammatical rules which the user must keep in mind. Economy of notation is therefore important.” MindImportantLanguageEconomyAmountToolsTreatsIncreaseRangeComplexityUsersTopicsVocabularyUtilityDecrease Author:Kenneth E. Iverson