This history reflects the more basic budget math that eludes most static thinking commentators, especially the pie chart lady Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post. (Pie charts of the budget reflect the most static thinking).

FORBES: For The Republicans There's An Opportunity At The Fiscal Cliff

Old, static, institutionalized thinking will gate the pace of forward progress faster than just about anything.

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Academic ecologists have abandoned such a static way of thinking for something much more dynamic.

WSJ: Ecology and Change: Nature Has No 'Balance' for Us to Keep | Mind & Matter

Moreover, we know that Earth, once a fiery ball, has cooled and gained life upon its surface with static, non-thinking plants and mobile, thinking animals.

NPR: Human Existence Is in Peril

Many companies are stuck in the mud of old thinking, with static approaches to annual reporting that haven't changed with the times and the world.

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