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writing“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
Haile Selassie
“Few people chose war. They chose selfishness and the result was war.”
David Dellinger
“Failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two World Wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations (Gandhi, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, Sadat, Rabin), bloodbaths in Cambodia and Algeria, India and Pakistan, Ireland and Rwanda, Eritrea and Ethiopia, Sarajevo and Kosovo; the inhumanity in the gulag and the tragedy of Hiroshima. And, on a different level, of course, Auschwitz and Treblinka. So much violence; so much indifference.”
Elie Wiesel, i talet The Perils of Indifference
“My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.”
Ryszard Kapuscinski
“Why am I a writer? Why have I risked my life so many times, come so close to dying? Is it to report the weirdness? To earn my salary? Mine is not a vocation, it’s a mission. I wouldn’t subject myself to these dangers if I didn’t feel that there was something overwhelmingly important–about history, about ourselves–that I felt compelled to get across. This is more than journalism.”
Ryszard Kapuscinski, interview by Bill Bufford in Granta Magazine
High-speed trains are often the fastest way to travel between city centers in Europe, beating short-haul flights for journeys of up to 550 kilometers.
George Walden i New Elites: A Career in The Masses beskriver hur medierna i loppet nedför lägger intellektet bakom sig och känslorna framför sig.
I … tabloidpressen leder magkänsla över kunskap, må bra över ansträngning, instinkt över eftertanke och att roa sig över att ta ansvar. Och så det verkligt särskiljande draget för de nya eliterna: de förnekar att de är en elit.
Oberoende av tal: Skratt, gråt, hostningar, snarkningar etc. Alla dessa visar på vilket känslotillstånd eller fysiologiskt tillstånd vi befinner oss i.
Samtidiga med tal: Tonhöjdsomfång (varierat vs monotont tal), placering i tonhöjdsregistret (från basröst till falsett), tonhöjdsförlopp (uppåt, nedåt), visar på emotioner, kognitiva och interpersonella attityder. Tempot i samtalet eller om man använder sig av pauseringar, ljudstyrkan, artikulatorisk tydlighet eller röstbehandling (t ex skrovlig, hes, spänd eller “skolad” röst). Dessa ger oss ledtrådar i samtalet från vilken social eller geografisk härkomst vi har.
Kroppskonstitution: Kroppens olika yttre kännetecken som t ex personlighetstyp, kön, ålder, vanemässig aktivitet (t ex kroppsarbete, idrottsutövning)
Hud: Om vi svettas, har gåshud eller färg i ansiktet (röd, vit)
Blick: a: Vidgning eller sammandragning av pupillerna visar på känslotillstånd och interpersonella attityder (intresse, avoghet, aggression), b: Tittbeteende: Blickens karaktär, om den utstrålar värme eller kyla visar på interpersonella attityder.
Mimik: Ögonpartiets (inklusive ögonbrynen) och munpartiets utseende visar på känslotillstånd, emotioner, kognitiva och interpersonella attityder samt understöd av talet.
Kroppsställning: “hållning” (spänd- avslappnad, alert- hopsjunken), placering av händerna (inklusive händernas kontakt med den egna kroppen samt om kroppen är framåtlutad eller bakåtlutat visar på känslotillstånd, fysiologiskt tillstånd (t ex nervositet, trötthet, sjukdom) eller osäkerhet, villrådighet.
Gester: Rörelser med händer och fingrar i olika dimensioner eller huvudrörelser, visar på emotioner, känslotillstånd eller attityder (Hansson m.fl. 1979:29ff)
Flexible/adaptive: Open to serendipity and change; Able to adjust game plan as needed; Entertains multiple ideas & solutions.
Persevering: Hardworking and persistent; Champions new ideas with tenacity; Committed to followthrough and bottom-line results.
Formally articulate: Communicates ideas effectively; Translates abstract concepts into meaningful language; Creates prototypes with ease.
Resilient: Bounces back from disappointment; Learns quickly from feedback; Willing to “try, try again.”
Situationally collaborative: Balances rugged individualism with political savvy; Open to coaching and input; Rallies support as needed.
Balances intuition and analysis: Alternates between divergent and convergent thinking; Entertains hunches before analyzing them; Trusts their gut, uses their head.
Committed to learning: Continually seeks knowledge; Synthesizes new input quickly; Balances info gathering and action.
Tolerates ambiguity: Comfortable with chaos; Able to entertain paradox; Doesn’t settle for the first “right idea.”
Recognizes Patterns: Perceptive and discriminating; Notices organizing principles & trends; Sees (and challenges) the Big Picture.
Reflective: Incubates on problems and challenges; Seeks out states of immersion; Ponders, muses and contemplates.
Makes new connections: Sees relationships between seemingly disconnected elements; Synthesizes new combinations; Distills odd ideas down to their underlying principles.
Self-accepting: Withholds compulsive criticism of their own ideas; Understands “perfection is the enemy of the good.”
Unattached to looking good in the eyes of others.
Peripatetic: Changes work environments as needed; Wanders, walks or travels to inspire fresh thinking; Given to movement and interaction.
Playful & humorous: Appreciates incongruities and surprise; Able to appear foolish and child-like; Laughs easily and often.
Takes risks: Goes beyond their comfort zone; Experimental and nonconforming; Courageously willing to “fail” (but learns from feedback).
Entertains the fantastic: Conjures outrageous scenarios; Sees possibilities within the seemingly impossible; Honors dreams and daydreams.
Self-motivated: Responds to deep inner needs; Proactively initiates new projects; Intrinsically rewarded for efforts.
Visionary: Highly imaginative; Maintains a future orientation; Thinks in mental pictures.
Curious: Actively explores their environment; Investigates new possibilities; Honors their sense of awe and wonder.
Challenges status quo: Dissatisfied with current reality; Questions authority and routine; Confronts assumptions.
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