A delay in a balancing feedback loop makes the system likely to oscillate.
~ Donella Meadows
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Author Archives: Kristina Lutz-Jacobi
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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
~ John Ruskin
#ThisAmericanOpera – Tulsi Gabbard
What are the chances CNN or MSNBC would present this exchange in context?
Kristina Lutz-Jacobi here with a question. What are the chances that CNN or MSNBC or BBC World or PBS or CBS or ABC would have presented this exchange between Tulsi Gabbard and Senator Jerry Moran — Republican of Kansas — in its full context? What are the chances that any of the aforementioned legacy media platforms would have presented Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation in a manner that did not reinforce the existing stereotypes that solidified in the past two years?
Kudos to The Economic Times – a publication based in India – for offering a perspective on U.S. politics that runs counter to the operatic nature of the American media culture.
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#ThisAmericanOpera – JB Pritzker
Governor Pritzker Mocks Donald Trump – Says Lake Michigan Is Now Called Lake Illinois
Illinois Governor JD Pritzker Mocks President Donald Trump – Announcing that “Lake Michigan Is Now Called Lake Illinois”
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You always admire what you really don’t understand.
~ Blaise Pascal
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It’s no credit to this enormously rich country that there are more oppressive, less decent governments elsewhere. We claim superiority of our institutions. We ought to live up to our own standards, not use misery elsewhere as an endless source of self-gratification and justification.
~ James Baldwin
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Confidence is a feeling, one determined mostly by the coherence of the story and by the ease with which it comes to mind, even when the evidence for the story is sparse and unreliable.
~ Daniel Kahneman
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
~ J.D. Salinger
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Over the last several years, the matter of onscreen sex in the movies has been a continuing source of anxiety for audiences, critics and filmmakers who feel that desire has been shunted offscreen in favor of more chaste fare.
~ Alexandra Kleeman via The New York Times
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Narratives do a lot to drive what our world looks like. They shape how we see ourselves, how we see our fellow citizens, how our elected officials see us—and what they do in reaction to those narratives can have far-reaching consequences.
~ Jerusalem Demsas via The Atlantic
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