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It may well be that the classical theory represents the way in which we should like our economy to behave. But to assume that it actually does so is to assume our difficulties away.
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The more open our stock markets get, the more speculators predominate, and the worse things get for us. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done.
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As a result, it seems likely that the State, which can calculate these things with an eye to the long-term and the social good, will take over more and more of the job of organizing long-term investment. [Şamil: What about the tragedy of the government employee?]
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The owner of capital can obtain interest because capital is scarce, just as the owner of land can obtain rent because land is scarce. But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.
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...the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.
"Negative taste is the ability to tell when something is bad. Positive taste is the ability to make something that is good. Indeed, one might even say that there is only one kind of taste and positive taste is simply negative taste plus skills."
If they don't show us the meaning of life, they do at least make some sense of its shape. And what is meaning in this world, if it doesn't make sense?Daha az felsefi ve günlük hayata yakın olan "antioksidanlar yaşam süresini uzatır mı" benzeri sorulara da yanıtlar var (antioksidanlar yaşam süresini uzatamazmış).
[p.137] Wave after wave of these fresh, magnificient and stoutly armoured men [Janissaries] rushed up to the blockade, to tear at the barrels of earth that surmounted it, to hack at the beams that supported it, and to place their ladders against it where it could not be brought down, each wave making way without panic for its successor. The Christians were exhausted. They had fought with only a few minutes' respite for more than four hours; they had fought with desperation, knowing that if they gave way it would be the end. Behind them in the city the church bells were clanging again, and a great murmur of prayer rose to heaven....ve filmin bitişi şöyle olsa:
[p.191] They remembered that dreadful Tuesday, a day that all true Greeks still know to be of ill omen; but their spirits tingled and their courage rose as they told of the last Christian Emperor standing in the breach, abandoned by his Western allies, holding the infidel at bay till their numbers overpowered him and died, with the Empire as his winding-sheet.Kitap son derece akıcı bir dille yazılmış, bir macera filmi seyreder gibi, 11 saat aralıksız okuyarak bitirdim (256 sayfa). 11 saat vakit ayırabilmemi Amerika uçak yolculuğuna borçluyum, duraksamadan kitap okuma rekorumu kırdım. Sadece duygularımın had safhaya çıktığı anlarda sükûnet molaları verdim, yoksa hostesler bende bir sorun olduğunu düşünebilirlerdi.
[p.1] ...the ability to learn independently is more important than a mastery of specific knowledge areas.
[p.2] It also dawned on my reluctant mind that our pedagogical model at the college was based around this same “fire hydrant” methodology: present an incredible amount of information in a short time, and hope
that students retain at least some of it... Not that students will actually retain all these things as they are presented, mind you, but an instructor faced with a long list of topics to cover is tempted to present them as quickly as possible due to time constraints... Whatever complexity I eliminated from the problem that enabled me to solve it was where my understanding was weak.
[p.4] becoming independent learners is not just important, it is all-important... the real objection here was not the method, but rather the radical idea that learning might require significant effort on their part.
[p.5] I resolved to become more pro-active during my students' research time: rather than wait for them to ask for help, I would actively monitor their study and discussion, offering assistance when needed.
[p.5] It is not helpful to assign active research and problem-solving work as supplementary activities. In order for students to see the value of self-teaching, it must be central to the curriculum, not peripheral.
When research projects are merely tangential to instructor-led learning, students perceive the exercises as unnecessary, and much of the value is lost. Assistance must be available at every step of the process to help students learn, or else they may become frustrated. This assistance must also follow the same "active" mode as the rest of their learning. When a student requires assistance in researching information or solving a problem, lead them to the answer(s) they seek by asking questions and involving them directly in the discovery process. Dispense direct instructor-to-student transmission of knowledge like a doctor would prescribe cortisone: with caution, knowing that it is highly effective for specific problems in the short term, but crippling if used over an extended period of time.
[p.6] All courses can and should teach students how to learn, and be accountable to this goal by directly assessing each student's self-teaching ability.