https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/bookmark-rank-and-file-12-12-25/

This is an excellent post on conflating means and ends with respect to note-taking and productivity systems. I independently tackled related issues in March 2021 piece titled An Essay on Productivity, Production, and Productive Leisure.

#bookmarks #meansAndEnds #noteTaking #productivity

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

The glory of great men must always be measured against the means they have used to acquire it.
 
[La gloire des grands hommes se doit toujours mesurer aux moyens dont ils se sont servis pour l’acquérir.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶157 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #endsandmeans #fame #glory #greatness #honor #means #meansandends

The next title featured in Anarchist Summer Reading Program is Emma Goldman's afterword to "My Disillusionment in Russia". Read my take on it and find a link to the full text here: mikeshipley.com/emma-goldman... #EmmaGoldman #AnarchistSummerReadingProgram #NonViolence #MeansAndEnds #Anarchism

A quotation from Thoreau

It is not enough to tell me you worked hard to get your gold. So does the Devil work hard.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Essay (1863-10), “Life without Principle,” Atlantic Monthly, No. 72

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #devil #ends #goal #gold #hardwork #labor #meansandends #wealth #work

"Humanity in warfare" sounds like a contradiction in terms, but the concept is an absolute necessity for both moral and pragmatic reasons. Even though #Hamas doesn't play by such rules, Israel's friends and allies will expect #Israel to, and it should matter to Israel what they think. The Geneva Conventions are far from perfect, but they're what we've got today for today's wars. #HumanityInWar #LawsOfWar #MeansAndEnds #WarCrimes

Anarchopac explains anarchism off the cuff #anachism #anarchy #meansandends #author #books #interview #leftist #socialist
https://www.tiktok.com/@skepticalleftist/video/7284023127661612293?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7257932271374026242

This is waaaaaay too expensive for me 😔 #MeansAndEnds #Anarchism #book