Archive for December, 2008

I am free (Heinlein)

December 9th, 2008  |  Published in Morality, Politics, Quotes

I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

—Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), p. 85.

BAH! BAH! BAH!

December 8th, 2008  |  Published in Humor and Satire, Videos

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The new social contract for employers (Friedman)

December 1st, 2008  |  Published in Business, Quotes, Work

If there is a new social contract implicit between employers and employees today, it should be this: You give me your labor, and I will guarantee that as long as you work here, I will give you every opportunity—through either career advancement or training—to become more employable, more versatile.

—Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat (2005), p. 292.