“The computer has evolved into a partner, a tool, and an environment--not just in science fiction, but in the public consciousness as well. Computers are no longer malevolent iron brains that manufacture tyrannical and oppressive answers; they are not a way to think, they are a place from which to think. The computer is an environment in which answers can be sought, created, manipulated and developed.” ThinkingWayWellsAnswersBrainConsciousnessFictionEnvironmentComputerToolsScience FictionPartnersIron Author:David Gerrold
“Biodiesel seems to be the answer to a lot of our prayers. Not only can it help the U.S. economy, our unwanted dependence on foreign oil, and the gasping environment, it could also help the family farmers out of this tragic dilemma they have found themselves in through no fault of their own.” HelpingSeemsFoundPrayerAnswersEconomyEnvironmentFaultsOilTragicFarmersDependenceOur PrayersDilemmaUnwantedForeign OilBiodiesel Book:On the Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and the Future of the Family Farm Source: On the Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and the Future of the Family Farm
“If you care about the animals, actually, organic might not be the best answer because now we have organic feedlots, organic factory farms. If you care about the environment - pesticides, especially - organic is the answer.” IfsMightCareAnswersAnimalEnvironmentBeing The BestFarmsFactoriesPesticidesIf You Care Author:Michael Pollan
“When people are oppressed, and human rights are denied - particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines - when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism, it creates an environment that is ripe for terrorists to exploit. When peaceful, democratic change is impossible, it feeds into the terrorist propaganda that violence is the only answer available.” PeopleHumansChangeLinesAnswersEnvironmentRightsViolenceImpossibleDemocraticHuman RightsAvailableTerroristViolentPeacefulPropagandaDeniedOppressedExploitsDissentExtremismRipe Author:Barack Obama
“The crimes committed against the people of West Papua are some of the most shameful of the past years. The Western powers have much to answer for, and at the very least should use their ample means to bring about the withdrawal of the occupying Indonesian army and termination of the shameful exploitation of resources and destruction of the environment and the lives and societies of the people of West Papua, who have suffered far too much.” PeopleShouldYearsMeanUsePastAnswersEnvironmentToo MuchCrimeResourcesDestructionArmyWestWesternCommittedExploitationShamefulWithdrawalTermination Author:Noam Chomsky
“I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because Jesus is the Son of God." But that's answering the why with more what. Increasingly we live in a time in which you can't avoid the why question. Just giving the what (for example, a vivid gospel presentation) worked in the days when the cultural institutions created an environment in which Christianity just felt true or at least honorable. But in a post-Christendom society, in the marketplace of ideas, you have to explain why this is true, or people will just dismiss it.” PeopleGivingTryingBelieveIdeasChristianJesusFeltAnswersChristianityEnvironmentHeardExampleSonInstitutionsPlentyPostsHonorableVividMarketplacePresentationChristendom Author:Timothy Keller
“The answer is navigation, manipulation, and implementation of more sophisticated intelligence. The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to "go to the kitchen" means something - navigation and understanding of the environment is a robot problem. Those are the technological frontiers of the robotics industry.” MeanIdeasProblemUnderstandingAnswersEnvironmentIndustryKitchenManipulationSophisticatedTechnologicalRobotsFrontiersRoboticsImplementationNavigation Author:Colin Angle
“To know whether you can trust a particular intuitive judgment, there are two questions you should ask: Is the environment in which the judgment is made sufficiently regular to enable predictions from the available evidence? The answer is yes for diagnosticians, no for stock pickers. Do the professionals have an adequate opportunity to learn the cues and the regularities? The answer here depends on the professionals' experience and on the quality and speed with which they discover their mistakes.” KnowsShouldMadeTwoAsksOpportunityAnswersMistakeQualityEnvironmentParticularDependsJudgmentEvidenceAvailableSpeedPredictionsIntuitiveAdequateRegularityOpportunities To Learn Author:Daniel Kahneman