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We dare say it would be rather fun if someone were to try to launch an initiative on such a hypothesis, but we feel it would be a work of science fiction indeed. | We dare say it would be rather fun if someone were to try to launch an initiative on such a hypothesis, but we feel it would be a work of science fiction indeed. | ||
''Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.'' Only the staff would do that, if anyone asked | ''Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.'' Only the staff would do that, if anyone asked them, so no-one asks them. | ||
=== How change happens === | === How change happens === | ||
Change comes from fracture, disruption and when shafts of light are thrown | Change comes from fracture, disruption and disharmony: when shafts of light are thrown from unexpected angles by unintentionally broken windows, and they illuminate old problems or new opportunities in unexpected ways. | ||
Penicillin, the microwave, Velcro and the theory of the Big Bang were all discovered by accident. <ref>As were teflon, vulvaniced rubber, Viagra and Coca-Cola, according to ''Popular Mechanics Magazine''.https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/g1216/10-awesome-accidental-discoveries/</ref> The great cultural changers of the last century, whatever you think of them — Tim Berners-Lee, Bob Dylan, Tupac Shakur, Germaine Greer, Nigel Farage, Nelson Mandela, Judith Butler, Greta Thunberg, Elvis — they were not presidents, prime ministers or chief executive officers. | |||
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