Word: mindsets
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...Posthuman Dada Guide” is destabilizing and it’s meant to be. Codrescu both writes about Dada and writes in the Dada style, so, in the spirit of his nonsense-brandishing predecessors, he uses absurdity to shock his reader out of a dangerous mindset of logic and reason. But caught in the fetters of fact, Codrescu is unable to completely release himself into the meaningful randomness of Dada. Instead, his “Guide,” comes across more confused than absurd. Codrescu offers the reader “Dada” as mankind?...
...other,” Cao said. “But here in college it’s more of a team sport. We want the others on the team to do just as well as we do. That’s the biggest transition going from an individual mindset to wanting the whole team to do really well.”Cao has learned how to deal with being an international athlete at Harvard with the help of captain Laura Peterzan and freshman Louise Laciny, who both come from England“We come from all parts of the world...
...said. Lawrence added that despite the depth of the global recession, he remained optimistic about the decisions that national leaders have made about trade. “Almost every global leader has pledged to avoid protectionist actions and I think that reflects a change in intellectual mindset,” he said. The event, organized by the Harvard International Relations Council as part of their “International Relations Week,” attracted only a handful of students to Ticknor Lounge. The IRC has seven more events planned for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday...
...word summed up the mindset of those in the American environmental movement, it could be “stop.” They advocate a stop to polluting, a stop to driving, a stop to eating meat, a stop to buying large cars, and a stop to using fossil fuels—in short, a stop to doing everything that American culture demands. They call for a stop through laws or technological standards with little explanation of why it is necessary to stop this behavior...
...writers to read novels and write for publications. Not setting strict goals, however, is much different from not working hard. Being 30-something and still living in your parents’ basement off vague dreams is not the successful result of a broad education. But to retain forever the mindset of being “pre-” something—pre-med, pre-law, pre-finance—has the potential to cut down on spontaneity, to close off options before they’re even considered. Those who define themselves as future members of a profession will...