“The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.”
― Hopes and Prospects
― Hopes and Prospects
“For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
“Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that's where the light is. It has no other choice.”
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“If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally upwards. And it doesn't happen by laws of nature. And it doesn't happen by social laws. . . . It happens as a result of hard work by dedicated people who are willing to look at problems honestly, to look at them without illusions, and to go to work chipping away at them, with no guarantee of success — in fact, with a need for a rather high tolerance for failure along the way, and plenty of disappointments.”
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