“Thanks is part to our education system, we tend to think that we're smarter than the stupid guys in funny wigs who came before us. But that's because we are mistaking technology, progress, and access to information for intelligence. We think that because we know how to use iPhones (but not build them), browse the Internet (but not understand how it works), and use Google (but not really know anything), our educational system is working just great. By the same token, we think that those dumb aristocrats who used horses to get around and didn't have electricity were neanderthals.” ThinkingKnowsUseUsedGuyTechnologyKnow HowProgressStupidInformationInternetHorseEducationalAccessThanksDumbSmarterGoogleElectricityEducation SystemIphoneTokensEducational SystemWigsAccess To InformationNeanderthalsStupid Guy Author:Glenn Beck
“We do not know how to formulate string theory nor do we know its underlying principles. Surprisingly, this fact does not stop us from making progress.” KnowsDoeFactsSciencePrinciplesKnow HowProgressTheoryMathematicsStringsString Theory Author:Nathan Seiberg
“Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse is also true: idealists who are not well-grounded in reality create problems, not progress.” PeopleKnowsWantLifeWellsUseProblemRealityGrowthKnow HowProgressPersonal GrowthInvestingGroundedIdealistConverses Author:Ray Dalio
“The limitations of federal laws are able to create real progress at the local level. Ultimately, to effect not just incremental progress but progress that is transformational for students, we need committed leadership - people who believe deeply that their students can achieve at the highest levels and who know how to create the conditions at the classroom, school and system level to give them the opportunities they deserve.” PeopleKnowsNeedsGivingBelieveRealAbleSchoolLawOpportunityLevelsKnow HowProgressAchieveConditionsEffectsStudentsHighestDeserveCommittedLocalsLimitationClassroom Author:Wendy Kopp
“I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you've got to stand a great deal in order to make progress.” KnowsOrderDealsMoralKnow HowProgressLaysUpliftingIrritating Author:William Howard Taft
“Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us to ourselves.” PeopleKnowsWayHumansKnow HowProgressChangedEdgesAdvertisingHuman Experience Author:Jaron Lanier