Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up time when you might be doing individual private things, but it prevents you storing up the psychic energy that can then be rele...
Where will it all end? In the destruction of all other command for the benefit of one alone - that of the state. In each man's absolute freedom from every family and social authority, a freedom the price of which is complete submission to the state. ...
We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are collected in the New Testament, have been written in particular situations by men, none of whom ques...
The staunchest conservatives advocate a range of changes which differ in specifics, rather than in number or magnitude, from the changes advocated by those considered liberal…change, as such, is simply not a controversial issue. Yet a common practi...
I feel that all knowledge should be in the free-trade zone. Your knowledge, my knowledge, everybody's knowledge should be made use of. I think people who refuse to use other people's knowledge are making a big mistake. Those who refuse to share their...
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must ...
The United States is primarily a guilt-based culture. The dominant method of social control in this country involves teaching people to feel guilt about not living up to personal expectations. Contrast this with shame-based cultures like Japan. As re...
Look, cell phone geolocation data shows very few clustering anomalies for this hour and climate. And that’s holding up pretty much across all major metro areas. It’s gone down six percentage points since news of the Karachi workshop hit the Web, ...
Sean Parker: Well, I founded an internet company that let folks download and share music for free. Amy: Kind of like Napster? Sean Parker: Exactly like Napster. Amy: What do you mean? Sean Parker: I founded Napster. Amy: Sean Parker founded Napster. ...
Eduardo Saverin: Mark. Mark! Sean Parker: He's wired in. Eduardo Saverin: Sorry? Sean Parker: He's wired in. Eduardo Saverin: Is he? Sean Parker: Yes. [takes Mark's laptop and smashes it down on the desk, destroying it] Eduardo Saverin: How about now...
[first lines] Mark Zuckerberg: Did you know there are more people with genius IQs living in China than there are people of any kind living in the United States? Erica Albright: That can't possibly be true. Mark Zuckerberg: It is. Erica Albright: What...
Erica Albright: Is it true that they send a bus around to pick up girls who want to party with the next Fed chairman? Mark Zuckerberg: So you can see why it's so important to get in. Erica Albright: Okay, well, which is the easiest to get into? Mark ...
[Medieval] Art was not just a static element in society, or even one which interacted with the various social groups. It was not simply something which was made to decorate or to instruct — or even to overawe and dominate. Rather, it was that and m...
Socialism and Communism have failed, but now Capitalism is failing us.
Social hierarchy doesn’t hold a candle to the power of feeling isolated in your own skin.
The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.
From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that.
I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.
If crimes are committed they must be seen as a disease, and punishment as treatment rather than as social vengeance.
Las ideas religiosas, morales, sociales, políticas, no son sino manifestaciones del un desequilibrio del sistema nervioso.
