My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalised agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything. If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind. It's only possible to see people when one is able to see the world as others see it. That's what guerrilla ontology is — breaking down this one-model view and giving people a multi-model perspective - Robert Anton Wilson
In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves - Ellen J. Langer http://bit.ly/imGDv5
In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves - Ellen J. Langer http://bit.ly/imGDv5
21st century enlightenment requires us to reduce (even if we can never close) the intellectual and empathic gap between the personal and the social. If this is to happen it will be in organisations (workplaces, charities, community associations) as these are the institutions which exist between the personal and the social - Matthew Taylor, http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/inequality-21st-century-enligh…
You are, therefore I am - Satish Kumar http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/26/tobias-jones-a-life-…
21st century enlightenment requires us to reduce (even if we can never close) the intellectual and empathic gap between the personal and the social. If this is to happen it will be in organisations (workplaces, charities, community associations) as these are the institutions which exist between the personal and the social - Matthew Taylor, http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/inequality-21st-century-enligh…
It's sometimes very hard to be empathetic and to really try and put myself into others' shoes.
...in many parts of the world, while we sit here blogging, tweetng, facebooking and passing the days in other, ever-novel forms of self-indulgence.
For example, in Ghana, children burn electrical components to melt off the plastic and reclaim the copper wiring - releasing toxic chemicals into the environment in the process while, in Brazil, man-made fires clear land for cattle or crops. (Thanks to Greenpeace for this salutary reminder.)