Quotes About Society

but runs the risk of killing a few, with a net benefit to society.

fewer pedestrians die jaywalking than using regulated crossings.

I discovered the magic of the camera in reestablishing civil/ethical behavior as follows.

There is an element of deceit associated with interventionism, accelerating in a professionalized society. It's much easier to sell "Look what I did for you" than "Look what I avoided for you." Of course a bonus system based on "performance" exacerbates the problem.

In the days of Suetonius, 60% of prominent educators (grammarians) we slaves. Today the ratio is 97.1%, and growing.

Laws come and go; ethics stay.

In the United States, we have a buildup of student loans that automatically transfer to these rent extractors. In a way it is no different from racketeering: one needs a decent university "name" to get ahead in life; but we know that collectively society doesn't appear to advance with organized education.

that slavery is more widespread than anticipated

not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that's what you are seeking.

Many are forced by peer and social pressures to do so

Further, many writers and scholars speak in private, say, after half a bottle of wine, differently from the way they do in print. Their writing is certifiably fake, fake. And many of the problems of society come from the argument "other people are doing it." So if I call someone a dangerous ethically challenged fragilista in private after the third glass of Lebanese wine (white), I will be obligated to do so here.

We said that mere judgment would probably suffice in a primitive society. It is easy for a society to live without mathematics—

Los emprendedores son unos héroes en nuestra sociedad. Fracasan por el resto de nosotros

We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.

Heroism and the respect it commands is a form of compensation by society for those who take risks for others. And entrepreneurship is a risky and heroic activity, necessary for growth or even the mere survival of the economy. It is also necessarily collective on epistemological grounds—to facilitate the development of expertise.

Alberto andava dietro alle sartine; andava dietro, però, anche alle ragazze di buona famiglia. Andava dietro a tutte le ragazze, gli piacevano tutte; e siccome era allegro e gentile, corteggiava, per allegria e gentilezza, anche quelle che non gli piacevano.

Throughout the world there is an awakening to the fact that, just as a human being cannot hope to realize his or her potential without healthy self-esteem, neither can a society whose members do not respect themselves, do not value their persons, do not trust their minds. But with all of these developments, what precisely self-esteem is—and what specifically its attainment depends on—remain the great questions.

So far as we can ascertain, in primitive cultures the idea of romantic love did not exist at all.

There are tensions between the agenda of a society and that of any individual that may be inevitable. Societies are primarily concerned with their own survival and perpetuation.

I was acutely conscious of the pressure to adapt and to absorb the values of the tribe--family, community, and culture. It seemed to me that what was asked was the surrender of my judgement and also my conviction that my life and what I made of it was of the highest possible value. I saw my contemporaries surrendering and losing their fire--and, sometimes in painful, lonely bewilderment, I wanted to understand why. Why was growing up equated with giving up?

It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts alone suffice them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.

The influential classes, and those who take upon themselves to be leaders of the people, are fully liable to all the passionate error that has ever characterized the maddest mob.

America is now wholly given over to a damned mob of scribbling women

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread.