A vision should be judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path [in Mediated Modeling page 43]

It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and have impacts that last for millennia.

A system is a set of things people, cells, molecules, or whatever interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time... The system, to a large extent, causes its own behavior.

The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness; they care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.

You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor