“With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.” RealPossibilitySkillsAccountsPressureManagementCrisisCurrentsOilUncertaintyTestedDeficitCrisis ManagementManagement Skills Author:Lawrence Summers
“As formal teaching and training grow in extent, there is the danger of creating an undesirable split between the experience gained in more direct associations and what is acquired in school. This danger was never greater than at the present time, on account of the rapid growth in the last few centuries of knowledge and technical modes of skill.” SchoolLastsGrowsGrowthGreaterTeachingCenturyDangerSkillsCreatingTrainingDirectAccountsAssociationSplitsFormalRapidsPresent TimeUndesirableRapid Growth Book:Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education Source: Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
“Hardly a pure science, history is closer to animal husbandry than it is to mathematics in that it involves selective breeding. The principal difference between the husbandryman and the historian is that the former breeds sheep or cows or such and the latter breeds (assumed) facts. The husbandryman uses his skills to enrich the future, the historian uses his to enrich the past. Both are usually up to their ankles in bullshit.” FactsUsePastScienceDifferencesAnimalHistoryPureSkillsAccountsMathematicsFormerLatterHistorianCowsSheepPrincipalBullshitBreedingSelectiveAnklesSelective Breeding Book:Another Roadside Attraction Source: Another Roadside Attraction
“With more than half the population now checking their account balances more often as a direct result of the downturn, and with more of us comparing prices in virtually every market, it is natural to turn budget management into a skill, an accomplishment, a badge of lifestyle success.” TurnsNaturalResultsBusinessHalfBalanceSkillsDirectAccountsManagementPopulationLifestyleCompareBudgetsAccomplishmentBadgesDownturn Author:Joe Staton