“It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development.” YearsHumansLongEndsCareResultsBrainEnvironmentWrittenInfluenceDevelopmentIntellectualProgramPerfectionComplexesTake CarePsychologicalImperfectionEnginesNot PerfectHuman BrainEnd ResultsIntellectual DevelopmentHuman Imperfection Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“Germany is a fascinating role model. The Germans have maintained their manufacturing edge despite being a high-tax, high-regulation economy. Why? Because the government really set about ensuring that it maintained funding for technical training, technical advancements and programs. It made a concerted effort to retain high-end, complex manufacturing -- the kind of BMW model, if you will. And they've done that so successfully that Germany, which has a quarter of America's population, exports more than America does.” IfsKindDoeMadeEndsDoneGovernmentAmericaEffortRolesEconomyTaxesModelsTrainingProgramComplexesEdgesPopulationDespiteGermanyFascinatingRole ModelsQuartersRegulationAdvancementFundingManufacturingBmwHigh TaxesTechnical Training Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Industrial production, the flow of resources in the economy, the exertion of military effort in a war, the management of finances --all require the coordination of interrelated activities. What these complex undertakings share in common is the task of constructing a statement of actions to be performed, their timing and quantity (called a program or schedule), that, if implemented, would move the system from a given initial status as much as possible towards some defined goal” IfsWarActionMovingGivenGoalCommonEffortEconomyShareMilitaryActivityResourcesProgramFlowTasksManagementComplexesProductionsStatementsFinanceDefinedQuantityTimingSchedulesInitialsUndertakingsExertionCoordination Author:George Dantzig
“George Orwell was right. There's no greater genius as far as I'm concerned in terms of understanding human nature. I think that a lot of people just believe anything you tell them, and no matter what it is, they just go along with the program. They're perfectly happy to take their pill every day and do what they're told, and work and buy things, and work and buy things, and stay out of any complex emotional situations. And whatever the authorities tell them to do, they do, and whatever the authorities say is the truth, they believe is the truth.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHumansMatterUnderstandingTermSituationGreaterHuman NatureEmotionalGeniusAuthorityConcernedProgramNo Matter WhatComplexesPillsJust Believe Author:George Lucas
“Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in terms of overbooking and fares, and different airlines communicating with each or schedule changes, it's immensely complex. And so you can't write a program that's any simpler than that full specification.” IfsWantWritingDifferentTermProgramComplexesCommunicateComplicatedWhat You WantSoftwareSchedulesAirlineReservationsSpecifications Author:Bill Gates
“The emotion is the execution of a very complex program of actions. Some actions that are actually movements, like movement that you can do, change your face for example, in fear, or movements that are internal, that happen in your heart or in your gut, and movements that are actually not muscular movements, but rather, releases of molecules.” HeartHappensActionFacesCan DoEmotionExampleMovementProgramComplexesReleaseGutsInternalsYour FaceExecutionMolecules Author:Antonio Damasio
“If instead policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.The first country that implemented this participatory program of assessment, research and policy development was Brazil. I was one of the outsiders who provided support to the initiative.” IfsNeedsFirstsRealCountryChallengesSupportTeamPolicyDevelopmentConversationAuthorityResearchProgramComplexesDepthLocalsManagersMakersInitiativeOutsidersAssessmentBrazilProvidersPolicy MakersReproductive HealthHealth ServicesInterdisciplinary Author:Ruth Simmons
“It was so complex [in "Trolls"] that the technical team had to build a new program. It was about rendering and manipulating that weird hair. We also wanted to break the mold of what what we thought the princess was about...we wanted to keep her troll 'look' - the stumpy legs, an ugly/cute look, it was all inspired from the doll.” LooksWantedBreakTeamHairProgramComplexesInspiredUglyLegsCutePrincessMoldDollsRenderingTroll Author:Walt Dohrn
“Iran has essentially mastered all of the complex science and technology that they need to have a completely indigenous nuclear weapons program. That means that our options on Iran are extremely limited, to regime change or as a last resort, the use of force.” NeedsMeanUseLastsForceTechnologyWeaponsProgramComplexesNuclearIranRegimesNuclear WeaponsResortsIndigenousScience And TechnologyUse Of ForceRegime Change Author:John Bolton
“If policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.” IfsNeedsRealChallengesTeamPolicyConversationAuthorityProgramComplexesDepthLocalsManagersMakersAssessmentProvidersPolicy MakersReproductive HealthHealth ServicesInterdisciplinary Author:Ruth Simmons
“If you want, you can try and get a broader perspective, or you can find people who are absolutely out of their minds, or find people that are doing incredibly complex and interesting and urgent journalism. And the same goes for our show. It's a prism into people's own ideologies, when they watch our program. This is just our take.” PeopleIfsWantTryingMindShowsInterestingWatchesPerspectiveProgramComplexesIdeologyJournalismUrgentPrisms Author:Jon Stewart
“Plainly it isn't an exact science, despite it being a complex interaction of micro-decisions and corresponding thought; perhaps it doesn't always work and we pass by some potential soulmates like the proverbial ships in the night, never quite connecting. Then again, perhaps the system is tenacious and continues to run like a computer program on infinite loop, so that if at first you don't meet, you are drawn back together for another try.” IfsTryingFirstsRunningTogetherNightDecisionComputerProgramInfiniteComplexesShipsDespiteInteractionSoulmateConnectingBack TogetherLoopsCorrespondingTenaciousProverbialExact Sciences Author:Simon Pegg