In a recent New York Times article, David Barger, president and CEO of JetBlue, articulated a philosophy that we think captures this idea of offstage management.

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This idea is the core of my own economic philosophy and will be the foundation for all of my economic policies.

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Just as voters over the past 30 years haven't explicitly voted for divided government and gridlock, they are not now explicitly changing political philosophy and embracing the idea of giving one party all the power.

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Behind that quip lay an idea that coloured his whole philosophy: at any moment, we are free to make of ourselves what we wish.

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Everyone finds justification for his or her views in logic and analysis, but a personal philosophy often emerges from some archaic part of the mind, an early idea of how the world should be.

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Hwang, who came from humble intern beginnings at Google, has since worked on multiple doodles with the idea behind the work to celebrate the lives of celebrities (be it in the world of physics, philosophy, or pop culture), athletic events, holidays, and anniversaries.

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The idea of becoming conscious of the subjectivity of our perceptions is an admittedly abstract one -- the stuff of philosophy and science fiction.

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