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“the world is more complex than we understand, and we do not really know what a situation means for us. When we are unsure, the best strategy is to accept the situation and go with the flow. Lao Tzu said, “Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.” When an unfavorable situation arises, we must first
Wu Wei: accept and understand its possible potential, and gracefully turn the tables. If it works, we are happy. If it does not work, we at least have avoided doubling our misfortune by going in a wrong direction.”
― Do Nothing & Do Everything: An Illustrated New Taoism
Wu Wei: accept and understand its possible potential, and gracefully turn the tables. If it works, we are happy. If it does not work, we at least have avoided doubling our misfortune by going in a wrong direction.”
― Do Nothing & Do Everything: An Illustrated New Taoism
“From these perspectives, the discussion in this book gives historical context to current debates over big data. Nick Couldry summarizes big data as “a general project of social re-construction (and, in a sense, reductionism) . . . driven by huge corporate and governmental resources, and focussed on the re-gearing of social order so as to better serve capital’s drive to generate economic value from data.”
― The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information
― The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information
“The health-care system in the United States is also suffering from the single-perspective mind-set: the seemingly reasonable but actually bizarre idea that the market can solve all a nation’s problems. I can understand why people looking at the United States and its inequalities and health-care outcomes would decide that private markets and competition should never be allowed anywhere near the delivery of public goods.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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