The collective experience of
The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die. Gael Garcia Bernal
Collectives
You must keep your
You must keep your honor! You can’t speak for the country; you can do little about the national economy or actions of moral weaklings who excuse themselves with the expression, That is politics; nor can you be responsible for deception in others. But you are responsible for yourself! There are no collective panaceas – only … Read more
Yet the companions of
Yet the companions of the Muses will keep their collective nose in my books And weary with historical data, they will turn to my dance tune. Ezra Pound
Contrary to the utopian
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action under the heavy pressure of never-ending internal debate. Evgeny Morozov
One of the paradoxes
One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right amount of fear and suspicion will earn one safety. Fear is promoted by the government as a kind of policy. Fear is accepted, even among the best-educated people in this … Read more
The full meaning of
The full meaning of life, the collective meaning of all human desires, is fundamentally a mystery beyond our grasp. As a young man, I chafed at this state of affairs. But by now I have made peace with it. I even feel a certain honor to be associated with such a mystery. Eugene Wigner
Why should the railroad
Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service. Their interests are mutual. They ought to be able to act together as one. But they divide according to craft and calling, and if you were to propose today to unite them that … Read more
I’ve always been suspicious
I’ve always been suspicious of collective truths. I think an idea is true when it hasn’t been put into words and that the moment it’s put into words it becomes exaggerated. Because the moment it’s put into words there’s an abuse, an excess in the expression of the idea that makes it false. Eugene Ionesco
I’ve always been suspicious
I’ve always been suspicious of collective truths. Eugene Ionesco
Anarchists generally make use
Anarchists generally make use if the word State to mean all the collection of institutions, political, legislative, judicial, military, financial, etc., by means of which management of their own affairs, the guidance of their personal conduct, and the care of ensuring their own safety are taken from the people and confided to certain individuals, and … Read more