Paul Will
Paul Will
nature artist confusion
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
work enough-time economic
Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.
optimistic odds order
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.
dreamer world cynic
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer.
losing social stability
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time.
accountability company locals
A local company has more accountability.
lines employee-engagement bottom
The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom.
nuclear use waste
We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms from landfills to Superfund cleanups, from deep-well injection to storage of nuclear waste. In the process, we encourage an economy where 80 percent of what we consume gets thrown away after one use.
development aberration humans
Capitalism, as practiced, is a financially profitable, non-sustainable aberration in human development.
differences curriculum cost
It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum.
dark order water
When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark Ages of commerce. Maybe one thousandth of this aerial insecticide actually prevents the infestation. The balance goes to the leaves, into the soil, into the water, into all forms of wildlife, into ourselves. What is good for the balance sheet is wasteful of resources and harmful to life.
insight knows
What we already know frames what we see, and what we see frames what we understand.
corporations return financial
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital.
feel-better thinking want
And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel better about themselves, their workers feel better, and so do their customers. I think this is equally true in the transnational corporations, but it is harder to express in those situations.