#social

It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#change #generations #good-people #indifference #repentance

For no amount of our screaming at the people in charge to change things can change them... the powers bent on waging war against the poor and the young and the "other" will only be moved to kinship when they observe it. ↗

— Father Greg Boyle

#change

No boyfriend," I said, perhaps a little too quickly. Have I mentioned my total lack of social life? Having a dream about Alex last night was the closest thing I'd had to a date in months and that was only a dream and it was about a guy who was undead. Admittedly very sexy, but still completely undead. Although I have heard that vampire sex is supposed to be pretty damn good. ↗

— Eileen Rendahl

#sex #social-life #dating

I would tell young journalists to be brave and go against the tide. When everyone else is relying on the internet, you should not; when nobody's walking, you should walk; when few people are reading profound books, you should read. ... rather than seeking a plusher life you should pursue some hardship. Eat simple food. When everyone's going for quick results, pursue things of lasting value. Don't follow the crowd; go in the opposite direction. If others are fast, be slow. -- Jin Yongquan ↗

— Judy Polumbaum

#efficacy #ethics #journalism #journalists #media

Les idées, elles vont et viennent sans laisser de traces si elles ne sont pas imprégnées dans le sang, les entrailles, les seins et les plus obscures profondeurs des reins. ↗

— Gerald Messadié

#change

Humans want nothing more than to connect, and the companies that are connecting us electronically want to know who's saying what, where. As a result, we're more known than ever before. ↗

— Susan Crawfor professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

#social-change #change

Real social change is a process that takes place over time, usually quite a long time. At a given moment in history, 99 percent of a society may think and act one way on a certain matter, and only 1 percent think and act very differently. In time, that 1 percent may become 2 percent, then 5 percent, then 10, 20, 30 percent, until finally it becomes the dominant majority, and social change has taken place. ↗

— John Holt

#change

Revolutions are infinite. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#revolution #social-change #change

Our stable and eternal verities are being challenged. There's a kind of postmodern breakdown in journalism. The breadth of information sources and the speed of transmission are growing; but the traditional gravity of news has eroded. -Jin Yongquan ↗

— Judy Polumbaum

#efficacy #ethics #journalism #journalists #media

The web and its technologies are digital representations of everything we did before in a more private, bigger, faster and more empowering format than ever before. ↗

— David Amerland

#social-media #social-media-behaviour #social-networks #business