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WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/36327/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Emerson</a><blockquote>People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. Life is a series of surprises.</blockquote>Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet Essay (1841), “Circles,” Essays: First Series, No. 10 Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/36327/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ralphwaldoemerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ralphwaldoemerson</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sloth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sloth</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=calm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calm</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#challenge</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#change</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=comfortzone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comfortzone</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=complaisance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#complaisance</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=discomfort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discomfort</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#living</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=normalcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#normalcy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=settle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#settle</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=surprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surprise</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unsettling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unsettling</a>

Feike 🇪🇺🇳🇱<a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@greenpeace</a> but why would you <a href="https://toot.community/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trust</a> the one <a href="https://toot.community/tags/profiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profiting</a> from the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> when they say not to <a href="https://toot.community/tags/abolish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abolish</a> the status quo?You wouldn't trust <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bigtabaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigtabaco</a> when they tell you <a href="https://toot.community/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smoking</a> is <a href="https://toot.community/tags/healthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthy</a> would you?

Long Live Rock N RollRemembering photographer Terence Patrick O'Neill CBE , aka Terry O'Neil who was born today 30th July 1938 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photooftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photooftheday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StatusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StatusQuo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Queen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rollingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rollingStones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheWho</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> 📸 Terry O'Neil

TinJar7/ Keeps interest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rates</a> high and hurts <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> VCs and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a>. They will have much less money to flex their political power. Reduce spending on data-centers and gas power plants for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturalgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naturalgas</a> profits ⬇️It will undoubtedly be hard on poor folks all over the world. But it could make a dent in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GHG</a> emissions which are also hurting them the most through climate disasters. They are not getting any aid. Whatever was reaching them is being cut. Upending <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> is good./fin

TinJar<a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-investment-led-approach-to-climate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-investment-led-approach-to-climate</a>This defense of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incrementalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#incrementalism</a> as the ONLY way forward is jaw-dropping in its complete denial of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urgency</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scale</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Influential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Influential</a> people like this writer are simply unwilling to engage with the catastrophic impacts faced by folks in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#developing</a> world where there is no recourse. For these folks - it is all a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#development</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adaptation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#equality</a>

Long Live Rock N Roll40 years ago today 13th July 1985 Status Quo opened proceedings at Live Aid Wembley Stadium , London. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LiveAid40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiveAid40</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiveAid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StatusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StatusQuo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a>

Nathaniel Gregory... At worst, these <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#progressive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicians</a> get co-opted like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AOC</a> and proceed to fold to the interests of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> for the sake of maintaining their cozy position towards the top. At best, they don’t get co-opted, and turn out to be the 1 in 1000000 unicorn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FDR</a> “second coming”, and proceed to sabotaged by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collective</a> of the status quo (if not un-alived by a loose cannon lone gunman like those two senators from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vermont</a>).

Adrian SegarIt's tempting and understandable to concentrate on trying to manage change. But never forget to work steadily on *what* to change.<a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2021/03/what-to-change" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2021/03/what-to-change</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManagingChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManagingChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatToChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatToChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leadership</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#injustice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StatusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StatusQuo</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/77580/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Neil Gaiman</a><blockquote>“To be eccentric,” says Miss Webster, dead for fifteen years, in the back of my head, her voice dry, her elocution perfect, “you must first know your circle.” Know the rules before you break them. Learn how to draw, then break the rules of drawing. Learn to craft a story and then show people things they’ve seen before in ways they’ve never seen.</blockquote>Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British author, screenwriter, fabulist Foreword (1993) to Harlan Ellison, The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1969) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/77580/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/gaiman-neil/77580/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=neilgaiman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neilgaiman</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=breakingtherules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breakingtherules</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#change</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foundation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=grounding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grounding</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#knowledge</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rules</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/47129/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Hannah Arendt</a><blockquote>Still, the danger of the practice of violence, even if it moves consciously within a non-extremist framework of short-term goals, will always be that the means overwhelm the end. If goals are not achieved rapidly, the result will not merely be defeat but the introduction of the practice of violence into the whole body politic. Action is irreversible, and a return to the status quo in case of defeat is always unlikely. The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world.</blockquote>Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist Essay (1969-02-27), “Reflections on Violence,” The New York Review of Books Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/47129/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/arendt-hannah/47129/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=arendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arendt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hannaharendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hannaharendt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#control</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=endsandmeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#endsandmeans</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=escalation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#escalation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#violence</a>

Bernd von Mallinckrodt 🦋In einer Zeit multipler Krisen … <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Klima" target="_blank">#Klima</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23KI" target="_blank">#KI</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Migration" target="_blank">#Migration</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Demografie" target="_blank">#Demografie</a> … agiert die aktuelle Regierung wie ein <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23fossilesVerwaltungssystem" target="_blank">#fossilesVerwaltungssystem</a>. Statt <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Wandel" target="_blank">#Wandel</a> aktiv zu gestalten, verwalten diese Kräfte den <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Statusquo" target="_blank">#Statusquo</a>. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Schwellenzeiten" target="_blank">#Schwellenzeiten</a>. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PolitischeNeuordnung" target="_blank">#PolitischeNeuordnung</a> ist nur eine Frage der Zeit! <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23noCDU" target="_blank">#noCDU</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23noSPD" target="_blank">#noSPD</a> 🖖

Kevin Karhan :verified:USpol, facism, controlled opposition

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/77158/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><blockquote>If you dare to sail first o’er a new thought track,    For a while it will scourge and score you; Then, coming abreast with a skillful tack, It will clasp your hand and slap your back,    And vow it was there before you.</blockquote>Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist Poem (1892), “The World” st. 2, Once A Week, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1892-11-19) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/77158/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=catchingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#catchingup</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#change</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=inertia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inertia</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innovation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#progress</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a>

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Did New York City just.... break something?<a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/DemocraticSocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DemocraticSocialism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/StatusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StatusQuo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/USPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPoli</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/@vij/114741930283949412" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfba.social/@vij/114741930283949412</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/77098/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Nicolas Chamfort</a><blockquote>Often an opinion, a custom, seems absurd when we are young, and advancing in life, we find the reason. Mustn’t we conclude that certain habits aren’t so ridiculous? One is lead to think sometimes that they were established by people who had read the entire book of life, and that they are judged by people who, despite their esprit, have only read a few pages.   [Souvent une opinion, une coutume commence à paraître absurde dans la première jeunesse, et en avançant dans la vie, on en trouve la raison; elle paraît moins absurde. En faudrait-il conclure que de certaines coutumes sont moins ridicules? On serait porté à penser quelquefois qu’elles ont été établies par des gens qui avaient lu le livre entier de la vie, et qu’elles sont jugées par des gens qui, malgré leur esprit, n’en ont lu que quelques pages.]</blockquote>Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch) Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 1, ¶ 21 (1795) [tr. Siniscalchi (1994)] Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/77098/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/770…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=chamfort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chamfort</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=absurdity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#absurdity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#belief</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservatism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=custom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#custom</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=elders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elders</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#experience</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=growingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#growingup</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=maturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maturing</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=maturity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maturity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opinion</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=receivedwisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#receivedwisdom</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tradition</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wisdom</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/banksy/77042/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Banksy</a><blockquote>   The human race is an unfair and stupid competition. A lot of the runners don’t even get decent sneakers or clean drinking water.    Some runners are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side.    It’s not surprising a lot of people have given up competing altogether and gone to sit in the grandstand, eat junk food and shout abuse.    What we need in this race is a lot more streakers.</blockquote>Banksy (b. 1974?) England-based pseudonymous street artist, political activist, film director Wall and Piece, “Rats” (2005) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/banksy/77042/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/banksy/77042/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=banksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#banksy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apathy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=classwarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classwarfare</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=defiance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defiance</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disrespect</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=givingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#givingup</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humancondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humancondition</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#injustice</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ratrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ratrace</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unfairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unfairness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#world</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/37732/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Nicolas Chamfort</a><blockquote>The most absurd customs and the most ridiculous ceremonies are everywhere excused by an appeal to the phrase, but that’s the tradition. This is exactly what the Hottentots say when Europeans ask them why they eat grasshoppers and devour their body lice. That’s the tradition, they explain.   [Les coutumes les plus absurdes, les étiquettes les plus ridicules, sont en France et ailleurs sous la protection de ce mot: c’est l’usage. C’est précisément ce même mot que répondent les Hottentots, quand les Européens leur demandent pourquoi ils mangent des sauterelles, pourquoi ils dévorent la vermine dont ils sont couverts. Ils disent aussi: c’est l’usage.]</blockquote>Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch) Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 3, ¶ 249 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)] Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/37732/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/377…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=absurdity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#absurdity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ceremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ceremony</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=convention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#convention</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=custom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#custom</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#precedent</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=protocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protocol</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ridiculousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ridiculousness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ritual</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=strangeness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strangeness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tradition</a>

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.In 2017, researchers asked if people want <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> making decisions in <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a>.People's <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethics</a> didn’t explain much, but the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/statusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusQuo</a> did.The more people thought AI *is* making decisions, the more they thought it *should*.🔒 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3278721.3278752" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1145/3278721.3278752</a> 🔓 <a href="https://users.cs.duke.edu/~conitzer/whenAIES18.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://users.cs.duke.edu/~conitzer/whenAIES18.pdf</a>

Rowan Brad Quni<a href="https://mastodon.green/@Anarchy_How" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Anarchy_How</a> just ask <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/flatearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flatearth</a> believers, who can't seem to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reason</a> with honest <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#logic</a> but will make any number of pseduo-empirical claims. Or <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physics</a>, which has made its <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/dogma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dogma</a> resisting new <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> paradigms and dismissing non-materialist <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cosmology</a> as <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphysics</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> while insisting their <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#math</a> empirically proves the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a>...yet can't seem to figure out <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantum</a> mechanics.

The Steam Powered Story Teller<a href="https://youtu.be/4QTp8lTzqUI?si=V0xgfGZTnF73V0uY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4QTp8lTzqUI?si=V0xgfGZTnF73V0uY</a><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statusquo</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/classicrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classicrock</a>

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