And if we are civil and kind to each other, it's just a veneer . It's a thin veneer of morality. And I've always protested against that because I think it's a simplification of human nature.
I love children. I think that they're so innocent, and they're so pure. And there's no veneer . They're just there. And they're happy, or they're sad.
It's a place where there's money and wealth and wine and tourists and all these things. But that veneer is very thin and below that is a lot of historical and cultural depth and opportunities to pursue something unique. So I think it was my first couple of years there that I started to notice these things, it was wild things growing, if it was gaining
Even the words we use seems straight-forward and unambiguous. But this veneer of ordinariness covers many deceptions. So, the eye sees everything, but the brain is being fooled.
"For the next two months the table stood in my garage, getting attention. After much advice from Bill, and my friend Bill Rockett, and others, I turned to the job of compelling the rampant veneer to sit down where it belonged. I moisturized the ancient sheet of wood, very, very thin, until it was pliant but not soaked. Then I wiped off the liquid residue and pressed the veneer down in place on a bed of glue. I stabilized it with plywood, braced the job
I mean, again, this notion that we get socialized by clamping down various genes -- acquire an epogenetic veneer -- as we get older, is probably one hundred percent accurate. That's probably what happens to us. And PTSD, under those conditions, is learning bad habits, which work well on the battlefield or in crime situations or in violent situations,
or to give you a political tool in order to push forward and get people along. So now you have a veneer of objectivity. You have data that is supporting your preconceptions, so those preconceptions are more dangerous, in fact.
So you guys are probably familiar, right now, if you put your money in a bank, it says $250,000 are insured by the FDIC. And this gives you some veneer of, like, safety. It's like, oh, don't worry.
Because there's no screen in sight. that are underneath the wood veneer .
differentiating see that's exactly what I'm talking about oh Freud goes at women like a truck driver oppress suppress repress he puts a pseudo scientific veneer on it but it's the same old right out of the Old Testament but at least you know where you stand with him but young he comes on with hisa his animus his suppressed feminine and all
as a human being. DR. FRANS DE WAAL: Veneer theory basically says that, deep down, we humans, we are nasty and selfish. And if we are civil and kind to each other, it's just a veneer .
This is why there is so much violence and disruption going on in our world. It's not because we have only a thin veneer of morality. Stephanie and I, and Metta Center, are up in smoke country and the north counties and the outpouring of support and volunteers
And the same goes with Copenhagen with Noma or Sao Paulo and Alex Atala. So is this idea of uncovering what's beneath the veneer something that could be translatable anywhere? Can you do it in Mountain View?
"When I removed the block and plywood the next morning, the thing in the garage looked like a table again. "That afternoon I picked up a small package of oak veneer and an Exacto knife at the Planing Mill, lined up grain with grain, and cut tiny pieces in the shape of each damaged portion of the surface. Once in place, these were also glued and braced.
It's still a good place to take stock of things. The simplicity of the scene strips away the veneers of life, reduces the distracting complexities. Sea, rocks, sand, sun-- that's it.
We see it on Twitter. We see it on Facebook, where a veneer of medical accuracy makes it possible for frightening information to spread extremely quickly in a way that is very damaging for society.
selfish, we tend to rely a lot on intuition, on snap judgments, on the thin slices that Malcolm Gladwell wrote about in "Blink." The problem is these are often wildly inaccurate, because somebody's outer veneer -- are they friendly? Are they warm? Are they welcoming?
are actually the worst, because they feel they can deal with conservative religionists whose claims will fall of their own weight eventually. But liberals provide a kind of rational veneer that's put over the damage that religion has done, religious violence, religious bigotry and so on and the real enemy are religious liberals. So I think if nothing else when you're condemned
But, see, a lot of times you have these therapies who are coming from other countries, and they just want the card to come here and practice. But once you're there, you let down your veneer , and you just start seeing each other as human beings.
looked so amazing from the outside, concealed beneath that veneer this grinding, day-to-day reality.
And I think of the 1950s as a time that, on its veneer -- especially, if you're a white male-- it is an idyllic period.
DR. FRANS DE WAAL: Veneer theory basically says that, deep down, we humans, we are nasty and selfish. And if we are civil and kind to each other, it's just a veneer . It's a thin veneer of morality.
So choice has this, like, nice veneer of, it's an equal system.
So choice here has largely served to benefit white and middle class, but gives a veneer of equality when that's not how it functions.
into holes as the table was closed, was broken off. But worst of all was the veneer top. Thumbnail-sized bits were missing altogether. Large areas of veneer , frayed at the edges and completely desiccated, had parted from the surface and curled inches into the air, as though in defiance of anyone brash enough to attempt a repair." Ju-just imagine looking at that if you didn't know anything about furniture restoration.
these foreigners are so wacky and their toilets are too isn't this hilarious with the veneer of foreign exoticism in
They're an innovative company that does-- their innovations are around crowns, veneers , and inlays of teeth.
past quarter century, Alan has been the person who selected the veneers that are put on the dashboards of
Like when something goes wrong, you can tell something went wrong, because the veneer cracks.
Seeps of meltwater leftover from the last storm had frozen, leaving the face coated in a treacherous veneer of verglas.
It's happy accidents. All that kind of fun Bob Ross stuff put into steampunk kind of veneer .
But when I got there, I certainly had no idea that that was the direction I wanted to take. And as we talk about in the book, they were a lot of "aha!" moments when you start to realize that Napa has a very thin veneer . Meaning, there's this assumption that it is a certain kind of place-- and it is.
It may be just as hierarchical, and indeed, autocratic, but it is at least down under a veneer of communal action.
to that brand, the brand that you perceive-- which is the label, like the exterior veneer , the flourishes, the outside packaging.
It isn't something that, it isn't a surface layer, it isn't veneer .
the middle of the table-- looked solid enough but would require hours of cleaning up and staining. There were no extra leaves, and one of the dowels, which was supposed to slide into holes as the table was closed, was broken off. But worst of all was the veneer top. Thumbnail-sized bits were missing altogether. Large areas of veneer , frayed at the edges and completely desiccated, had parted from the surface and curled inches into the air,
the rampant veneer to sit down where it belonged. I moisturized the ancient sheet of wood, very, very thin, until it was pliant but not soaked. Then I wiped off the liquid residue and pressed the veneer down in place on a bed of glue. I stabilized it with plywood, braced the job with a large cinder block, and left it overnight. This worked." It wasn't curling up anymore. It was lying flat the way it had been when it was built
the people, the women of K2 left behind. With every new person I found, every fact I learned, every controversy I unearthed, I scratched away at the veneer of their lives,
Change, but that's science, research, collaboration, with a political veneer laid on top of it.
And so in his late 20s, Mr. Dudley, selecting his veneers in a heroic manner, was nonetheless doing so as a