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“Hawthorne anticipated only further convulsions, and he cursed all those who blessed the fighting: “I sympathize with nobody and approve of nothing.”” — Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times by Professor Aaron Sachs

I think the consumer matters!

“practices and belief structures that provided hope for the future.” — Modernity and the Great Depression: The Transformation of American Society, 1930-1941 (CultureAmerica) by Kenneth J. Bindas

“focus on cognitive deliberative processes at the individual level” — Bargaining with the Machine: Technology, Surveillence, and the Social Contract by Robert M. Pallitto

The 17th at TPC

“Articulating futures—imagining them and bringing them into being—is an active process,” — All Tomorrow's Cultures: Anthropological Engagements with the Future by Samuel Gerald Collins

Rishi Sunak is more authentic and emotional, and Liz Truss more analytical: a linguistic analysis throws up unexpected results theconversation.com/rishi-sunak-is… via @ConversationUK

“Great presidents have a deep psychic connection with the needs, anxieties, dreams of people. “I do not believe that any man can lead who does not act … under the impulse of a profound sympathy with those whom he leads Gerald R. Ford: American Presidents Series: Douglas Brinkley

“The French political philosopher Joseph de Maistre said, “Every nation has the government it deserves.”” — Gerald R. Ford: The American Presidents Series: The 38th President, 1974-1977 by Douglas Brinkley

Consensus Building is going to be tough in 2026

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Interviewer: "Why do people play golf?" Sean Connery sums up the game in one perfect 90-second response.

“know that A happens because B happened may improve your control over things: in some cases B will be something that you can bring about, or prevent—which will be very useful if A is something you want, or want to avoid.” — Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

“how people think alters things, and that how lots of people think alters things for nearly everyone, is undeniable.” — Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Edward Craig

“two basic philosophical questions, namely: what should we do? and, what is there? And there’s a third basic question: how do we know, or if we don’t know how should we set about finding out—” — Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Edward Craig

Pablo Torres likens Trump’s leadership style to “political fellatio”

Pittsburgh Review of Books Hits the Shelves pittsburghmagazine.com/pittsburgh-rev…

van Gogh shares many things in common with IT professionals -hard work, self-critical, and taciturn. — Vincent Van Gogh: A Life by Philip Callow

“Peter Drucker put it well: ‘The customer rarely buys what the company thinks it is selling.’” — Tarzan Economics: Eight Principles for Pivoting Through Disruption a.co/cB3oWDD

“Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the powerful bestseller Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published in 1852, while living in Brunswick, Maine, where her husband, Calvin, was teaching theology at Bowdoin College.” — Mainers in the Civil War by Harry Gratwick

“One cannot know something without experiencing it.” — The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions by Joscelyn Godwin