It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions but the humor process is involved in changing them.
History is always changing.
The current state of knowledge is a moment in history changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and in many instances more rapidly.
I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy I slogged through the Ardennes and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life.
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.
If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing to keep spiritually hungry and horny that's what it's all about.
The past is malleable and flexible changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher Miss Julia Coleman used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'
I don't believe that government is good at picking technology particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy it's so outdated.