“Every solution of a problem…” – Quote by Karl Popper
“Every solution of a problem raises new unsolved problems.”
Karl Popper
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Alan Kay on Creativity, Context and Surprise
“Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.” Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in – the one that we think is reality.”
Alan Kay
War is Addictive – Quote by Chris Hedges
“War is addictive. Indeed, it is the most potent narcotic unleashed by mankind.”
Chris Hedges
“Our Knowledge Can Only Be Finite” – Quote by Karl Popper
“Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.”
Karl Popper
Quote by Chris Hedges on Power, Oligarchy, and Personal Enrichment
“It’s the willingness on the part of people who seek personal enrichment to destroy other human beings… And because the mechanisms of governance can no longer control them, there is nothing now within the formal mechanisms of power to stop them from the creating, essentially, a corporate oligarchic state.”
Chris Hedges
Power and Privilege – Quote by Chris Hedges
“There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege.”
Chris Hedges
Quote on Corporate Power and Passivity by Chris Hedges
“There are no impediments now to corporations. None. And what they want is for us to give up. They want us to become passive. They want us to become tacitly complicit in our own destruction.”
Chris Hedges
Quote by Karl Popper on Freedom, Victory, and Defeat
“It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.”
Karl Popper
“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” – Quote by Michael Jackson
“You ain’t seen nothing yet, and the best is yet to come.”
Michael Jackson
Wisdom vs. Success – Educational Aspirations According to Allan Bloom
“Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise… specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.”
Allan Bloom