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One of the reasons the poorest districts are the way they are is—the pathetic shape of organised political movements within them. Were they better organised, they would have faced a lot of problems more firmly. The poor would have wrested a
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Kind," said the boy.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"Kind," said the boy.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
“Something frightening poses a perceived risk. Something dangerous poses a real risk.”
― 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
“The Gap Instinct The gap instinct is very strong. The first time I lectured to the staff of the World Bank was in 1999. I told them the labels “developing” and “developed” were no longer valid and I swallowed my sword. It took the World Bank 17 years and 14 more of my lectures before it finally announced publicly that it was dropping the terms “developing” and “developed” and would from now on divide the world into four income groups. The UN and most other global organizations have still not made this change. So why is the misconception of a gap between the rich and the poor so hard to change? I think this is because human beings have a strong dramatic instinct toward binary thinking, a basic urge to divide things into two distinct groups, with nothing but an empty gap in between. We love to dichotomize. Good versus bad. Heroes versus villains. My country versus the rest. Dividing the world into two distinct sides is simple and intuitive, and also dramatic because it implies conflict, and we do it without thinking, all the time. Journalists know this. They set up their narratives as conflicts between two opposing people, views, or groups. They prefer stories of extreme poverty and billionaires to stories about the vast majority of people slowly dragging themselves toward better lives. Journalists are storytellers. So are people who produce documentaries and movies.”
― 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
“Sometimes I think you believe in me more than I do," said the boy
"You'll catch up," said the horse.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"You'll catch up," said the horse.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
“Just take this step...
The horizon will look after itself.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The horizon will look after itself.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
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