“Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.” YearsLongSaidHardAmericaViewsOptimismCyclesPessimismRealism Author:Ron Fournier
“Regular crises perpetuate the past by reinvigorating cycles which started long ago. In contrast, (capital-C) Crises are the past's death knell. They function like laboratories in which the future is incubated. They have given us agriculture and the industrial revolution, technology and the labour contract, killer germs and antibiotics. Once they strike, the past ceases to be a reliable predictor of the future and a brave new world is born.” WorldLongPastGivenBornTechnologyRevolutionFunctionCrisisBraveStrikesCeaseLabourCyclesContractsNew WorldContrastKillersLong AgoAgricultureLaboratoryGermsIndustrial RevolutionBrave New WorldAntibiotics Book:The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy Source: The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy
“I think there's been this long cycle of the big companies making a lot of money by underestimating people's intelligence and people are used to it now. So, they're so used to having their intelligence underestimated that, for most of them, it really isn't worth the bother of paying a little more attention to something that might hit them on a deeper level. But you can't really read people's minds.” PeopleThinkingMindLittlesLongBigsMightUsedLevelsAttentionCompanyDeeperBotherCyclesLots Of MoneyUnderestimateUnderestimatedBig Companies Author:J. Robbins
“I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.” IfsThinkingLongImportantViewsTomorrowTerribleNewsCrisisImportant ThingsConstantCyclesFedsPresidencyRailDoomsday Author:Barack Obama
“I have always been very much involved in the pseudo biological cycle of production, consumption and destruction. And for a long time, I have been anguished by the fact that one of its most conspicuous material results is the flooding of our world with junk and rejected odd objects.” WorldLongHas BeensArtFactsResultsObjectsMaterialsInvolvedLong TimeDestructionProductionsOddCyclesOur WorldConsumptionRejectedJunkPseudoFloodingContemporary Art Author:Arman
“So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.” PeopleLongEndsHelpingDifferencesJusticeAchieveConflictHatredProsperityDefinedEmpoweringCyclesCooperationOur RelationshipSuspicionDiscord Author:Barack Obama