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“The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited all.”
― Joan Robinson, Economic Philosophy

“Science is often characterized as a quest for truth, where truth is something absolute, which exists outside of the observer. But I view science more as a quest for understanding, where the understanding is that of the observer, the scientist. Such understanding is best gained by studying relations—relations between different ideas, relations between different phenomena; relations between ideas and phenomena. Rather than asking “How does this phenomenon work?” we ask, “How does this phenomenon resemble others with which we are familiar?” Rather than asking “Does this idea make sense?” we ask, “How does this idea resemble other ideas?”
― Robert Aumann

“If we want to help students maintain their attention throughout the class period, we have to begin by thinking like playwrights and composers, recognizing that students need changes of scene, shifts in format, and opportunities to pause and catch their cognitive breath.”
― James M. Lang, Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It

“When the “sacredness of property” is talked of, it should always be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property. No man made the land. It is the original inheritance of the whole species.”
― John Stuart Mill, Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy