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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-o-TeFtJE Eduardo Galeano. "El derecho al delirio"] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-o-TeFtJE Eduardo Galeano. "El derecho al delirio"] | ||
− | * | + | * I was asked once, “You’re a smart man. Why aren’t you rich?” I replied, “You’re a rich man. Why aren’t you smart?” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco Jacque Fresco] |
− | * | + | * Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn Howard Zinn] |
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+ | * The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(author) Tom Kelley] (IDEO manager) | ||
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+ | * If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky Noam Chomsky | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_H._Pink Dan Pink], author of "Drive": | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_H._Pink Dan Pink], author of "Drive": | ||
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# Purpose: The yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. | # Purpose: The yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. | ||
− | + | External rewards extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, crowd out good behavior, encourage cheating, become addictive, and foster short-term thinking. | |
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− | + | While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night. | |
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+ | Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement | ||
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+ | * In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan Carl Sagan] | ||
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+ | * Chance favours the connected mind! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Johnson_(author) Steven Johnson] | ||
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+ | * Intenta que el niño que fuiste nunca se averguence del adulto que eres. | ||
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+ | * Cuando soplan vientos de cambio, algunos construyen muros, otros molinos. | ||
− | * | + | * Afirmar que mi destino no está ligado al tuyo es como decir: tu lado del bote se está hundiendo. |
− | * | + | * I spend most of my time changing my mind and recognizing mistaken beliefs, not because I make more mistakes or have more beliefs than average, I don't think, but because this seems to be the only way I can contribute to human progress. |
=== Interesting technology issues & ideas === | === Interesting technology issues & ideas === |
Contents |
The Venus Project offers a comprehensive plan for social reclamation in which human beings, technology and nature will be able to coexist in a long term, sustainable state of dynamic equilibrium.
The books:
The three most important natural motivators of human endeavor and excellence:
External rewards extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, crowd out good behavior, encourage cheating, become addictive, and foster short-term thinking.
While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night.
Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement
Elena's reading of the Spanish translated version, Diseñando el Futuro.