The Online Rant » Quote http://www.theonlinerant.com Jamie's thoughts, ideas, and struggles Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:36:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Thinking Critically http://www.theonlinerant.com/2009/05/19/thinking-critically/ http://www.theonlinerant.com/2009/05/19/thinking-critically/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 20:54:12 +0000 Jamie Barrows http://www.theonlinerant.com/?p=585 export_-_1

Read this quote today and just had to repost it.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
– Terry Pratchett

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“I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.”
Franklin P. Adams

Read the above quote the other day and thought it was particularly true in the Internet Age. How often do you go online to find a bit of info, only to learn 10 different things that you weren’t even looking for?

I know it works that way for me.

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Found the following on the 22 words blog. I thought it was worth re-posting.

“I’m busy” is generally an acceptable excuse.
I think “I’m not busy and want to keep it that way” should be too.

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The big stimulus bill that is supposed to fix all the economic problems with the US economy is currently being debated and worked through. And no matter what your view of economics is, and whether you think this will be good for the economy or bad for it, the bill will end up being passed in some form or another.

And more than likely it will be filled with clauses for special interests and pet projects of Congressmen and Senators from both parties. But that is the only way any large bills get passed anymore. So that isn’t anything new.

But as I see the politicians on TV and hear the arguments I can’t help remembering a quote I read recently.

“Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.”
– Russell Baker

So my question is this. Is this really progress? Is it necessary? Will it work? I really and truly don’t have the answer or know what I really think is right. But this is a big issue.

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