Jeremiah Sweetman

“Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.”
― Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

“In some cases, they are already doing so. Influenced by a coalition of community groups, the New York City Council passed a historic budget in the summer of 2014 that created a $1.2 million fund for the growth of worker-owned cooperatives. Richmond, California has hired a cooperative developer and is launching a loan fund; Cleveland, Ohio has been actively involved in starting a network of cooperatives, as we’ll see in the next chapter; and Jackson, Mississippi elected a mayor (Chokwe Lumumba) in 2013 on a platform that included the use of public spending to promote co-ops. On the federal level, progressive politicians like Bernie Sanders are working to get the government more involved in supporting employee ownership.130”
― Chris Wright, Worker Cooperatives and Revolution: History and Possibilities in the United States

“La medicina tiene sus límites, realidad qe no se enseña en la facultad. Otra realidad que no se enseña es qe un corazón compaisvo puede sanar casi todo. Unos cuantos meses en el campo me convencieron de que ser buen médico no tiene nada que ver con anatomía, cirugía ni con recetar los medicamentos correctos. El mejor servicio que un médico puede prestar a un enfermo es ser una persona amable, atenta, cariñosa y sensible.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying

“skeptical,”
― Walter Farley, The Black Stallion