The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
R. D. Laing
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- We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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