“I discovered, to my amazement, that all through history there had been resistance ... and bitter, exaggerated, last-stitch resistance ... to every significant technological change that had taken place on earth. Usually the resistance came from those groups who stood to lose influence, status, money...as a result of the change. Although they never advanced this as their reason for resisting it. It was always the good of humanity that rested upon their hearts.” HeartReasonEarthLastsHumanityLosesResultsTakenGroupsInfluenceSignificantResistanceBitterTechnologicalResistingExaggeratedAmazementStitchesTechnological Change Author:Isaac Asimov
“It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago. The gradual emasculation of the Christian doctrine has been effected in spite of the most vigorous resistance, and solely as the result of the onslaughts of freethinkers.” YearsBelieveHas BeensChristianResultsAtheismYears AgoCreditPositive AtheismResistanceDoctrineSpiteOrthodoxAbsurdityVigorousFreethinkerChristian DoctrineEmasculation Book:Why I Am Not a Christian Source: Why I Am Not a Christian
“Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original (perhaps unrealistic) expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."” FallResultsFailingComfortExpectationsOriginalsTyrannyResistanceIdeologyCustomsInitiativeUnrealistic Expectations Author:John Daly