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...Borges recalled Heraclitus: One cannot step into the same river twice, for neither one nor the river are the same...
...tower. If we consider the root causes of the current financial debacle that currently occupies all headlines, it becomes clear that recognizing and facing our shortcomings is necessary medicine for our social ailments, as is coming to terms with our inability to accurately predict what is to come. We cannot foretell the changing tides of Heraclitus’ river. Yet learning to fail inherently means learning to curb our hubris—and that is a lesson of personal growth I hope each of us takes through the gates...
...Republicans could instead boost their popularity by tolerating different ideas within the party, abandoning the practice of labeling and excluding all those who do not embrace every item of their platform. Immigration, taxes and abortion cannot all be easily resolved with a firm “no.” How about taxing things we want less of (pollution) and decreasing payroll taxes accordingly, making adoption easier, and promoting a realistic sex education...
...Summers told us shortly after resigning that we should never ask what we are against; we should define ourselves by what we are for and do our best to make a difference. One cannot really fail by being against an opinion or a policy: it just means living in a state of perpetual disagreement with the external world. Failure is possible when we are for something, and that’s what we should choose to do in the years ahead...
...unravel puzzles that are billions of years in the making. How did the universe begin? How was life initiated? How did consciousness emerge? Einstein captured it best when he wrote, “the years of anxious searching in the dark for a truth that one feels but cannot express.” That’s what science is about...