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Interesting reading.
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July 2010
Untitled: An Accurate View of Organizations? →
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“Institutions, like organisms, seek survival for themselves and their descendants. One of the conceits at the heart of most theories of government, which has perhaps reached its apogee in this age of technocratic, managerial liberalism, is the idea that institutions are fundamentally…
“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.”
—Raymond Chandler (via nathanielstuart)
“Why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
—Sylvia Plath (via drawnofcharcoal)(via fuckyeahsylviaplath) (via francoiseloraine) (via themagiclantern)
Insufficient data
Our daily life only looks simple. Nice reminder from Charles Stross.
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