Will Marshall
Will Marshall
Will Marshall is one of the founders of the New Democrat movement, which aims to steer the US Democratic Party toward a more conservative orientation. Since its founding in 1989, he has been president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council...
men car shells
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
light media acting
Except for light, all other media come in pairs, with one acting as the "content" of the other, obscuring the operation of both.
firsts tools shapes
First we shape our tools, thereafter they shape us
technique moral dignity
Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.
wisdom art discovery
All discoveries in art and science result from an accumulation of errors.
doe electricity
Electricity does not centralize, but decentralizes.
business hands tyrants
Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort.
inspirational
The future of work consists of learning a living.
views understanding matter
A moral point of view too often serves as a substitute for understanding in technological matters.
business goal advertising
Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness.
business science discovery
Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.
mean hands games
When people become too intense, too serious, they will have trouble in relating to any sort of social game or norm. Perhaps this is why jokes are so important. On one hand they tell us about where the problems and grievances are, and, at the same time, they provide the means of enduring these grievances by laughing at the problems.
mistake people soul
People hope that if they scream loudly enough about "values" then others will mistake them for serious, sensitive souls who have higher and nobler perceptions than ordinary people. Otherwise, why would they be screaming? Moral bitterness is a basic technique for endowing the idiot with dignity.
men play leisure
Man works when he is partially involved. When he is totally involved he is at play or leisure.