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Progress Without Heroes
The story of humanity was largely taught to me as one of Great Men doing Great Deeds, with everyone else largely irrelevant, but there is a far more nuanced picture to be painted.
Brian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
any picture of progress in society and politics has to involve some progress in how we think and feel: an escape from illusions and delusions, attachments and symbols that no longer serve us well, towards some deeper and more accurate truths. Much of what we count as progress has been a progress in consciousness of just this kind—progress in our kn
... See moreGeoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Thus it didn’t matter that for much of the twentieth century, the cathedral of state didn’t work so well. Nobody, even in the mighty business world, could come up with an alternative: other models simply didn’t exist for them. The entire world of large organizations was dominated by malfunctioning and suboptimal cathedrals[390]. The state had no ch
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Through all people’s history, there have been those who rule over others. Can humanity progress without exploitation?
(John Stewart in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates)