When you are not treated seriously, you develop comically. Its sense of oneself is so fractured and fragile that its like the picked-on kid who has to become funny. – Scott Thompson
I dont believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy. – Ai Weiwei
Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher. – Jean Piaget