To a group of drama teachers talking to him about why school administrators make them bowdlerize the plays their students perform – such as Into the Woods – Sondheim said, “Well, you’ll be happy to know that Disney had the same objections.” (includes spoilers)
Tag: 06.23.14
“Disruption” Is All The Rage These Days. Thing Is, It’s A Dumb Concept
Ever since “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” everyone is either disrupting or being disrupted. There are disruption consultants, disruption conferences, and disruption seminars.
Why It’s Getting Increasingly Hard To Choose What We Want
“By and large, when it comes time to choose, the impulsive, unreflective parts of the brain dominate the analytic parts. Or to put it differently, adults are a lot more like children than we might care to admit.”