Quotations

Quotations http://thebrowser.com/browsings/feed Quotations en William Davies, on learning http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/nLhdELylh8U/william-davies-learning <p><a href="http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/apologists_for_power">William Davies, on learning</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"One of the gratifying aspects of a major financial crisis is that public understanding of capitalism increases significantly"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/nLhdELylh8U" height="1" width="1"/> Economics Business, Finance & Economics Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:39:39 +0000 The Browser 54034 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/william-davies-learning Bryan Caplan, on politics http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/jQK2M-ARhxg/roger-scruton-hope <p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/when-hope-tramples-truth/">B</a><a href="http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/03/systematically_1.html">ryan Caplan, on politics</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Just as the market for automobile repair will work poorly if the average customer blames his grocer for engine trouble, local elections will work poorly if the average voter blames the president for the quality of public schools. "</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/jQK2M-ARhxg" height="1" width="1"/> Politics & Government Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:35:18 +0000 The Browser 54024 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/roger-scruton-hope Guy Debord, on quotations http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/yizc_c4_bdk/guy-debord-quotations <p><a href="https://twitter.com/berfrois/status/316234792351981568">Guy Debord, on quotations</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/yizc_c4_bdk" height="1" width="1"/> Language & Thought Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:55:22 +0000 The Browser 54012 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/guy-debord-quotations Paul Graham, on disruption http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/IkxoFhqYx9E/paul-graham-disruption <p><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html">Paul Graham, on disruption</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"If you can figure out a way to turn a billion dollar industry into a fifty million dollar industry, so much the better, if all fifty million go to you"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/IkxoFhqYx9E" height="1" width="1"/> Business Industries Business, Finance & Economics Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:34:20 +0000 The Browser 54009 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/paul-graham-disruption Colin McGinn, on intelligence http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/XL_JMW8mCFU/colin-mcginn-intelligence <p><a href="http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/brief-encounter-with-the-mysterian/">Colin McGinn, on intelligence</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Many machines are already smarter than us — at dumb things"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/XL_JMW8mCFU" height="1" width="1"/> Robots & Drones Technology Language & Thought Science & Technology Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:38:42 +0000 The Browser 53997 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/colin-mcginn-intelligence Nicholas Nassim Taleb, on risk http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/X-k4ekihbwA/nicholas-nassim-taleb-risk <p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1aoi0s/iam_nassim_taleb_author_of_antifragile_ama/">Nicholas Nassim Taleb, on risk</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"You will never never never make a Harvard professor understand what is relevant to the risk of society, unless he works as a firefighter on the side"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/X-k4ekihbwA" height="1" width="1"/> Education Society Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:03:25 +0000 The Browser 53986 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/nicholas-nassim-taleb-risk Alex Tabarrok, on Australia http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/V6DOqxnAir8/alex-tabarrok-australia <p><a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/03/australia-notes.html">Alex Tabarrok, on Australia</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Australia has great natural beauty. The British should have left the convicts behind and moved everyone else"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/V6DOqxnAir8" height="1" width="1"/> Australia Asia-Pacific World Affairs Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:55:54 +0000 The Browser 53975 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/alex-tabarrok-australia Martin Wolf, on banking http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/ucG1I9Zfj58/martin-wolf-banking <p><a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/39c38b74-715d-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a.html#axzz2NsN8o3gj">Martin Wolf, on banking</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Banks are not special, except for what they are allowed to get away with"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/ucG1I9Zfj58" height="1" width="1"/> Finance Business, Finance & Economics Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:19:08 +0000 The Browser 53959 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/martin-wolf-banking James Watson, on other people http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/hhC_lpv9jQ8/james-watson-other-people <p><a href="https://twitter.com/richarddawkins/status/312249778983542785">James Watson, on other people</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"If you're the most intelligent person in the room, you're in the wrong room"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/hhC_lpv9jQ8" height="1" width="1"/> Society Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:41:51 +0000 The Browser 53944 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/james-watson-other-people Sidney Morgenbesser, on Hilary Putnam http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/yWA_e3ZzZnQ/sidney-morgenbesser-hilary-putnam <p><a href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blog/philosophy/hilary-putnam-philosophy-in-the-age-of-science/">Sidney Morgenbesser, on Hilary Putnam </a></p> <blockquote> <p>"He’s a quantum philosopher. I can’t understand him and his position at the same time”</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/yWA_e3ZzZnQ" height="1" width="1"/> Philosophy Philosophy & Religion Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:49:44 +0000 The Browser 53935 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/sidney-morgenbesser-hilary-putnam Joe Ford, on evolution http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/it7B3NLOMlQ/joe-ford-evolution <p><a href="https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/the-enigma-of-the-ford-paradox/">Joe Ford, on evolution</a></p> <blockquote> <p>“Evolution is chaos with feedback”</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/it7B3NLOMlQ" height="1" width="1"/> Biology & Evolution Mathematics Science & Technology Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:23:03 +0000 The Browser 53927 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/joe-ford-evolution Austin Kleon, on marketing http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/GLKsut_vGTY/austin-kleon-marketing <p><a href="https://twitter.com/markarms/status/311690053837524992">Austin Kleon, on marketing</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"My best advice for promoting a book is to get in a time machine, go back half a decade, and start blogging"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/GLKsut_vGTY" height="1" width="1"/> Arts & Literature How To Write Literature Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:50:53 +0000 The Browser 53918 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/austin-kleon-marketing Robert Benchley, on work http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/PWpUHliE32M/robert-benchley-work <p><a href="https://twitter.com/bakadesuyo/status/311310625823399938">Robert Benchley, on work</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/PWpUHliE32M" height="1" width="1"/> Work Lifestyle Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:22:37 +0000 The Browser 53912 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/robert-benchley-work Kevin Kelly, on privacy http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/op3pB02d988/kevin-kelly-privacy <p><a href="http://tomslee.net/2013/03/evgeny-morozovs-to-save-everything-click-here.html">Kevin Kelly, on privacy</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Privacy is mostly an illusion, but you’ll have as much of it as you want to pay for"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/op3pB02d988" height="1" width="1"/> Internet Technology Politics & Government Science & Technology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:28:37 +0000 The Browser 53902 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/kevin-kelly-privacy Ed Rex, on personality http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/E-NMjfX-vxQ/ed-rex-personality <p><a href="https://medium.com/editors-picks/1531a56330bb">Ed Rex, on personality</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Saying a company has a view is like saying a restaurant has a favourite food"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/E-NMjfX-vxQ" height="1" width="1"/> Business Companies Business, Finance & Economics Language & Thought Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:42:12 +0000 The Browser 53894 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/ed-rex-personality Leon Wieseltier, on science http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/6yXSwLu3TGk/leon-wieseltier-science <p><a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112481/darwinist-mob-goes-after-serious-philosopher#">Leon Wieseltier, on science</a></p> <blockquote> "The history of science is a history of mistakes, and so the dogmatism of scientists is especially rich"</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/6yXSwLu3TGk" height="1" width="1"/> Philosophy Philosophy & Religion Science & Technology Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:53:09 +0000 The Browser 53890 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/leon-wieseltier-science Susan Sontag, on morality http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/qKbwQNLXziU/susan-sontag-morality <p><a href="http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/02/susan-sontag-against-interpretation/">Susan Sontag, on morality</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Morality is a form of acting and not a particular repertoire of choices"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/qKbwQNLXziU" height="1" width="1"/> Philosophy Philosophy & Religion Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:36:07 +0000 The Browser 53801 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/susan-sontag-morality Nassim Nicholas Taleb, on humility http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/pTqTpHCnFls/nassim-nicholas-taleb-humility <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/1400069971/ref=bxgy_cc_b_img_a">Nassim Nicholas Taleb, on humility</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Most of what they call humility is successfully disguised arrogance"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/pTqTpHCnFls" height="1" width="1"/> Lifestyle Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:13:04 +0000 The Browser 53866 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/nassim-nicholas-taleb-humility Colin McGinn, on theories of mind http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/x3YruPRYHgw/colin-mcginn-theories-mind <p><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/mar/21/homunculism/?pagination=false">Colin McGinn, on theories of mind</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"We have discovered that nerve fibers transmit electricity. We have not, in the same way, discovered that they transmit information"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/x3YruPRYHgw" height="1" width="1"/> Language & Thought Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:51:34 +0000 The Browser 53862 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/colin-mcginn-theories-mind Adam Gopnik, on criticism http://feeds.thebrowser.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/9qplKSTyx7U/adam-gopnik-criticism <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/04/criticism/">Adam Gopnik, on criticism</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Criticism serves a lower end than art does, and has little effect on it, but by conveying value it serves a civilizing end"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/9qplKSTyx7U" height="1" width="1"/> Arts & Literature Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:42:57 +0000 The Browser 53859 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/adam-gopnik-criticism