“The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it freedom, but in the final analysis freedom is a purely negative goal. It just says something is bad. Hippies weren't really offering any alternatives other than colorful short-term ones, and some of these were looking more and more like pure degeneracy. Degeneracy can be fun but it's hard to keep up as a serious lifetime occupation.” MindHardWantedFunGoalTermSeriousCallingPureNegativeLifetimeFinalsAlternativesAnalysisOccupationOfferingShort TermHippieColorful Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Serious accidents are frequently blamed on "human error." Yet careful analysis of such situations shows that the design or installation of the equipment has contributed significantly to the problems. The design team or installers did not pay sufficient attention to the needs of those who would be using the equipment, so confusion or error was almost unavoidable.” NeedsHumansShowsProblemWould BePayAttentionSituationTeamDesignSeriousErrorsCarefulAccidentsConfusionAnalysisSufficientEquipmentInstallationHuman Error Author:Donald A. Norman
“This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.” CoursesSubjectsSeriousEconomicsOppositesRidiculousAnalysisUsual Author:Paul Krugman
“The belief that value judgments are not subject, in the last analysis, to rational control, encourages the inclination to make irresponsible assertions regarding right and wrong or good and bad. One evades discussion of serious issues by the simple device of passing them off as value problems, whereas, to say the least, many of these conflicts arose out of man's very agreement regarding values.” MenProblemLastsValuesBeliefSimpleIssuesSubjectsSeriousConflictJudgmentPassingRationalPassingsDiscussionAnalysisAgreementDevicesInclinationGood And BadIrresponsibleAssertionSerious Issues Book:What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies Source: What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies
“A silly comedy needs a straight guy, and that guy needs to be as straight as possible. The moment you start playing straight you're not straight anymore, you're bent straight, so it really requires the usual serious, straight-forward analysis and research, looking into it and finding the dramatic function, all of what you do until you feel you've collected enough points to safely and securely play the part.” NeedsFeelsEnoughPlayMomentsGuyComedySeriousFindingsResearchFunctionSillyAnalysisDramaticUsualBentThat Guy Author:Christoph Waltz
“I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers.” ThinkingStillsSeriousSellsNewspapersJournalismAnalysisDevotedGood Writers Author:Phillip Knightley
“You win by struggle, and that requires understanding and serious analysis of the options and the circumstances, and then you can do a lot.” WinningUnderstandingCan DoStruggleSeriousCircumstancesAnalysis Author:Noam Chomsky
“Nobody's ever gonna hold [ Lena Dunham] accountable. She's a liberal and she's a woman and so she's doubly indemnified against any serious analysis of what the hell she says or thinks. It's a clear example of the double standard out there.” ThinkingHellClearExampleSeriousStandardsAnalysisDouble Standard Author:Rush Limbaugh