Ten Great Thinkers who Explain Our Modern World – Epi-3475
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Today we discuss theories and quotes from ten great thinkers. As we do we will see a lot of things we think are new, are not. We will also lean that many things we spend time and energy on are simply a waste of both. There are things we can do with impact but society has laid many traps to direct our efforts into meaningless distractions.
We will be talking about such visionaries and thinkers today as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Buckminster Fuller, Michael Crichton, Jerry Pournelle, Sun Tzu and more.
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- There are certain constants of the human condition
- You can change your thoughts, your behaviors, your efforts but you can’t do it for others
- Jerry Pournelle – The iron law of bureaucracy – link
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer – The theory of stupidity – link
- Buckminster Fuller – To change something build a new model do not fight the old one – link – link 2
- Michael Crichton – The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect – link
- Sun Tzu – No nation benefits from a prolonged war – link
- Stafford Beer – The purpose of the system is what it does – link
- Paul Harvey – We owe our existence to topsoil and the fact that it rains – link
- Bill Mollison – The solutions to our most complex problems are embarrassingly simple – link
- Geoff Lawton – All the worlds problems can be solved in a garden – link
- Albert Einstein – Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds – link
- Final thoughts – You control only what you control, most think that isn’t enough, but it’s more than most can handle
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I am not sure if it’s somewhat subjective, was Christ fighting against an existing system or establishing a new one? He died in the process and was crucified so maybe he was fighting against a system but he also established something different that lasted for thousands of years . When he was crucified maybe it seemed like he failed at the time but did he really? I would say no but it seems like it was a heavy price
I think in similar terms as Bonhoeffer but I find it amazing peoples ignorance but that which is evil is also involved in the ignorance’s not just through what they may do but also in brainwashing and propaganda. Without the brainwashing, the ignorant would have a harder time being ignorant . I prefer the term ignorance rather than stupidity because perhaps it sounds like less of a put down and is how Buddhists describe it