The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
Certain signs precede certain events.
My own motivation has come from the fact that all the indicators in the world, the hunger index or whatever index you say, shows a high prevalence of malnutrition.
Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door.
For the success, Although particular, shall give a scantling Of good or bad unto the general; And in such indexes, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at large.
Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.
It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important.
