The nineteenth century gave birth to two sets of events of a very different order of magnitude: the machine age, a development of millennial range; and the market system, an initial adjustment to that development.
― Karl Polanyi
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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
~ George Orwell
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The whole visible world is perhaps nothing more than than the rationalization of a man who wants to find peace for a moment.
~ Franz Kafka
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From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
~ Franz Kafka
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Evil knows of the Good, but Good does not know of Evil. Knowledge of oneself is something only Evil has.
~ Franz Kafka
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Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.
― Henry S. Haskins
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If you grow up with less, you are much better able to deal with having less. That is itself a kind of freedom.
~ William Deresiewicz
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Good design is consistent in every detail.
~ Dieter Rams
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The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
~ Peter Drucker
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The Fascist system has to carry on persistently the task begun by the Fascist Movement: the destruction of the democratic parties, organisations, and institutions in society. Fascism must then proceed to attempt to change the nature of human consciousness itself.
~ Karl Polanyi
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