
No. 120 (18 July 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
In Search of Memory (2006)
No. 120 (18 July 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“Memory is fallible… not because of storage limitations so much as retrieval limitations.”
The Organized Mind (2014)
“Prophecy is first and foremost a self-serving gift.”
Source: Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015), Chapter 38, “Loose Ends” (p. 354)
Source: Semiology of graphics (1967/83), p. 2
In Search of Memory (2006)
Context: CREB's opposing regulatory actions provide a threshold for memory storage, presumably to ensure that only important, life-serving experiences are learned. Repeated shocks to the tail are a significant learning experience for an Aplysia, just as, say, practicing the piano or conjugating French verbs are to us: practice makes perfect, repetition is necessary for long-term memory. In principle, however, a highly emotional state... could bypass the normal restraints on long-term memory. In such a situation, enough MAP kinase molecules would be sent into the nucleus rapidly enough to inactivate all of the CREB-2 molecules, thereby making it easy for protein kinase A to activate CREB-1 and put the experience directly into long-term memory.
John M. Gaus, Leonard Dupee White, and Marshall E. Dimock. "A theory of organization in public administration." The Frontiers of Public Administration (1936): 66.; Bold text cited in Philip Selznick (1948, 25)
Context: Organization is the arrangement of personnel for facilitating the accomplishment of some agreed purpose through the allocation of functions and responsibilities. It is the relating of efforts and capacities of individuals and groups engaged upon a common task in such a way as to secure the desired objective with the least friction and the most satisfaction to those for whom the task is done and those engaged in the enterprise.
“Human forms are perpetuated through sex, and sex also perpetuates human consciousness.”
Source: Zero Gravity interview (2006), p. 75