“The debt austerity would not be problems if we had technological progress. If you doubled the debt in the U.S., and the size of the economy doubled because of technological progress and growth, the two would roughly cancel out and it would all be a totally manageable situation.” IfsTwoProblemGrowthSituationEconomyProgressSizeDebtTechnologicalManageableAusterityTechnological Progress Author:Peter Thiel
“As a consequence, progress has come to mean simply more power, more profit, more productivity, more paper prosperity, all of which are convertible into standards concerned only with size or magnitude rather than quality or excellence.” MeanQualityProgressPaperStandardsConsequenceConcernedExcellenceSizeProfitProsperityProductivityMagnitude Author:Alex Campbell
“We are creating a one size fits all system that needlessly brands many young people as failures, when they might thrive if offered a different education whose progress was measured differently. Paradoxically we're embracing standardized tests just when the economy is eliminating standardized jobs.” PeopleIfsDifferentMightJobsYoungEconomyProgressFitCreatingTestsSizeBrandsThriveEliminatingOne Size Fits All Author:Robert Reich
“Usually being a young actor, you've got to go through certain levels of hierarchy, going through bit parts and extra roles and then kind of progressing up the food chain and having the size of your roles grow in that sense.” KindYoungCertainActorsGrowsBitsLevelsRolesProgressSizeChainsExtrasHierarchyYoung ActorsFood Chain Author:James Frecheville