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  1. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Americans learn only from catastrophes and not from experience.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 7 “The War of America the Unready” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #America #catastrophe #disaster #experience #learning #lesson #shortsightedness #teachingmoment

  2. Would it be rash of me to suggest that we are currently living in the Age of Rashionalism? A time when arguments and detractions are made in such haste because we lack tolerance for anyone being wrong on the internet. Also we no longer have the attention span required to think anything through.

    It's a worry, but I can either laugh or cry.

    #reason #argument #public #debate #rationalism #social #media #postEnlightenment #philosophy #politics #shortsightedness #economics #puns

  3. Henry Rosenberg: "For people in Texas wondering what the government will do to help flood victims, remember that Trump cut off aid for flood victims in Asheville, North Carolina and he is intent on gutting FEMA, NOAA and the National Weather Service. You voted to be on your own. Your wish is granted."
    #shortsightedness #disasters #politics

  4. In 1901, American surgeon John Harvey Gitcomb coined ‘Newyorkitis’ to describe a combination of short-sightedness, rudeness, and hotdog-like protuberance on the face. Surgery was the only remedy but he did like to jokingly prescribe ketchup and mustard to patients first.

    #America #USA #NewYork #medicine #medicalhistory #doctors #newyorkitis #rudeness #shortsightedness #QI #notQI

  5. Read reviews that obviously had been fixed by advertising very short
    sighted;  stopped buying the magazine and visiting associated websites
    so I'm sure not the only person that just leaves. #shortsightedness
    #magazines #media #credibility