Mark McGuire

“Pre-analytic vision. Worldview. Paradigm. Frame. These are cousin concepts. What matters more than the one you choose to use is to realise that you have one in the first place, because then you have the power to question and change it.”
― Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

“Seventy years after Marx’s death, one third of the human race lived under regimes ruled by communist parties which claimed to represent his ideas and realise his aspirations.”
― Eric Hobsbawm, How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism

“When somebody asked Alexander Hamilton why the Framers hadn’t mentioned God in the Constitution, his answer was deadpan hilarious: “We forgot.”
― Kurt Andersen, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History

“The problem with enemyfying is not that we never have enemies: we often face people and situations that present us with difficulties and dangers. Moreover, any effort we make to effect change in the world will create discomfort, resistance, and opposition. The real problem with enemyfying is that it distracts and unbalances us. We cannot avoid others whom we find challenging, so we need to focus simply on deciding, given these challenges, what we ourselves will do next.”
― Adam Kahane, Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust