"Speaking is also a form of action."
— Hannah Arendt"Loneliness is not solitude. Solitude requires being alone whereas loneliness shows itself most sharply in company with others."
— Hannah Arendt
Asimov said that "science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom," and it applies all too well today. Society will never have shared opinions, but it must have shared facts!
--Garry Kasparov
It is also reasonably clear that the existing structure of international institutions is inadequate to provide sufficient levels of cooperation, on issues from the drug trade to financial regulation to climate change.
What happens in wars between the strong and the weak when the weak side does as David did and refuses to fight the way the bigger side wants to fight, using unconventional or guerrilla tactics? The answer: in those cases, the weaker party’s winning percentage climbs from 28.5 percent to 63.6 percent. To put that in perspective, the United States’ population is ten times the size of Canada’s. If the two countries went to war and Canada chose to fight unconventionally, history would suggest that you ought to put your money on Canada.
Scarcity is not just a physical constraint. It is also a mindset. When scarcity captures our attention, it changes how we think-whether it is at the level of milliseconds, hours, or days and weeks. By staying top of mind, it affects what we notice, how we weigh our choices, how we deliberate, and ultimately what we decide and how we behave.
