“The parts of a machine work with a maximum of cooperativeness for a common result, but they do not form a community. If, however, they were all cognizant of the common end and all interested in it so that they regulated their specific activity in view of it, then they would form a community. But this would involve communication. Each would have to know what the other was about and would have to have some way of keeping the other informed as to his own purpose and progress.” IfsKnowsWayEndsFormPurposeCommunityResultsViewsCommonProgressCommunicationActivityMachinesMaximumCognizant Book:The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education Source: The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education
“To the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we can only attain by much discipline and slow advances; and when we think we have made great way, we shall often find reason to confess in the hour of trial, that we had greatly, far too greatly, over-rated our progress.” ThinkingWayMayLittlesMadeReasonHoursNaturalProgressDisciplineTrialsSufficientTemperModerationQuietness Book:A Practical View Source: A Practical View
“There is no single test or formula for producing moral progress anymore than there is for generating scientific truths. It is a process involving theoreticians, fact-gatherers, protestors, martyrs for the cause, authors of first- person narratives who change the way we see and evaluate the distribution of harms and benefits.” WayFirstsPersonsFactsCausesProcessMoralProgressBenefitsTestsHarmNarrativeFormulasDistributionMartyrEvaluateInvolvingFirst PersonScientific Truth Author:Catherine Wilson
“We are very concerned all the time with figuring out new technologies and advances in science, but really [while] our future is dependent on science and progress, it's not less dependent on the way we treat each other.” WayTechnologyProgressConcernedTreatsDependentOur FutureNew TechnologyAdvances In Science Author:Michal Rovner
“Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, "living wills" (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions.” WayLongActionTermProgressPlansEventsIndependentResolutionFrankCollapseLong WayTransparencyLiquidityWinding DownDodd Frank Author:Jamie Dimon
“We've seen tremendous progress in many ways under President [Barack] Obama. I mean, if we think about where the economy was when he got in - you know, we were losing more than 700,000 jobs a month. The unemployment rate was skyrocketing. And now it's at under 5 percent, so there is a lot of progress that has happened.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayMeanJobsPresidentEconomyProgressHappenedMonthsLosingPercentRateBarackUnemploymentPresident Barack ObamaUnemployment Rate Author:Julian Castro
“This [philanthropy] work is even more fascinating. It requires us to think harder about how we build partnerships, who we get behind. And yet we get to see progress that in some ways is even more profound than the great advances that digital technology has provided.” ThinkingWayBehindsTechnologyProgressHarderProfoundFascinatingDigitalPartnershipPhilanthropyDigital Technology Author:Bill Gates
“Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right in Afghanistan. Rights of former slaves were very limited until the 1960s, and in some ways still are. In these and other domains there has been progress in democracy, though still seriously flawed. In other dimensions - the control of concentrated wealth over the political process, for example, things have gotten much worse in recent years. And there is much more, in both directions.” WayYearsHas BeensStillsAblePoliticalProcessWealthDemocracyRightsProgressExampleVoteSlaveFormerDimensionsAfghanistanDomainFlawed1960s Author:Noam Chomsky
“The system happens to be Washington and the way politics works, because whatever it is, it isn't working. It defies common sense. And part and parcel of this, right in the middle of it is the media and their lying and their distorting and their favoritism and their efforts to impugn and destroy people like us who want to stop this mess that's been progressing in a deteriorating way for way too many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsHappensLyingCommonEffortProgressMiddleMediaCommon SenseMessWorking ItParcelDeterioratingFavoritism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Nobody thinks quotas are a great win for women - the win would be removing the discrimination and inequality that creates under-representation in the first place. But in the short term, alongside other measures, they can be an effective way to make progress happen faster.” ThinkingWayFirstsHappensWould BeWinningTermProgressDiscriminationInequalityFasterRepresentationShort TermQuota Author:Laura Bates
“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
“Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, "Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living." We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have.” WayGivingSocialProgressAdviceMusicianSellsShirtsReverseT ShirtSocial Progress Author:Jaron Lanier
“Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade.” WayKidsProgressDrawsOkayTwentiesDrawingGradesIllustrationSixth Grade Author:Demetri Martin