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  1. WIST Quotations @[email protected] ·

    A quotation from Douglas Adams

    Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

    Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
    Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance

    #ego #humanity #pride #education #quote #learning
  2. oldguycrusty @[email protected] ·

    RE: federate.social/@jik/117034091

    #Fascism is flourishing.

    Sadly.

    And yes, state-sponsored domestic terrorism is here and now.

    #concentrationcamps
    #Othering
    #Jingoism
    #Racism
    #WillfulIgnorance
    Late stage #Capitalism

    #fascism #concentrationcamps #othering #jingoism #racism #willfulignorance
  3. WIST Quotations @[email protected] ·

    A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance

    #education #advice #quote #information #quotes #awareness
  4. WIST Quotations Has Moved! @[email protected] ·

    A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    When I speak of the banality of evil, I do so only on the strictly factual level, pointing to a phenomenon which stared one in the face at the trial. Eichmann was not Iago and not Macbeth, and nothing would have been farther from his mind than to determine with Richard III “to prove a villain.” Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement, he had no motives at all. And this diligence in itself was in no way criminal; he certainly would never have murdered his superior in order to inherit his post. He merely, to put the matter colloquially, never realized what he was doing.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Postscript (1963)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/80707/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #accountability #banalityofevil #consequences #crime #evil #evilperson #evildoer #Holocaust #intent #moralityplay #motivation #villain #willfulignorance

    #quotes #quote #crime #motivation #evil #holocaust