“In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left.” ThinkingIdeasFactsRunningLeftPresidentPerspectiveClintonWideRangeServingGovernorsAdvisorsPresident Clinton Author:John Podesta
“Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places. We tweet mindlessly to the cosmos. We Facebook our own grandmothers. I, for one, don't want to be left behind.” WantLeftBehindsGenerationsDangerousStrangePerspectiveCosmosGrandmotherGoogleLeft BehindTweetVerbsNew GenerationNew PerspectiveDangerous Places Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“Strip away all the assumptions about what competition is supposed to do, all the claims in its behalf that we accept and repeat reflexively. What you have left is the essence of the concept: mutually exclusive goal attainment (MEGA). One person succeeds only if another does not. From this uncluttered perspective, it seems clear right away that something is drastically wrong with such an arrangement. How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose--and fearing that they will make us lose?” IfsTryingPersonsDoeSeemsEnergyLeftGoalLosesAcceptingClearPerspectiveSucceedConceptsEssenceClaimsCompetitionSpendingRepeatsAssumptionArrangementsBehalfExclusiveAttainmentMega Book:No Contest: The Case Against Competition Source: No Contest: The Case Against Competition
“From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral manipulation, as it abandons those left behind to their shame, guilt, and grief. Suicide is something like a metaphysical "I gotcha!" It is often an attempt to kill or wound others.” FormLeftGriefBehindsMoralPerspectiveShameSuicideGuiltWoundsAbandonManipulationMetaphysicalLeft BehindCommitting Suicide Book:The Hauerwas Reader Source: The Hauerwas Reader
“From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.” KnowsHouseLeftWishKnowledgePerspectiveTownsTowersRise Above Author:Friedrich Nietzsche