Monthly Archives: February 2008

Thought comes before speech

‘Praise, flattery, exaggerated manners and fine, high-sounding words were not part of Lakota politeness. Excessive manners were put down as insincere, and the constant talker was considered rude and thoughtless. Conversation was never begun at once, not in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one

Two more keys..

First key, 20 Global Issues, 20 Years to Solve Them: “..away from hierarchies, away from the obsolete territorial instincts of nation-states, and away from the artificial separation between government, business, and civil society.” – J.F. Rischard, High Noon, Page 201 Second key, A New Kind of Science: “History [of continuous versus discrete mathematics] From the