“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.” MindLittlesBeliefGrowsHistoryMassPrejudiceAncientSpreadSpotsNoveltyPatchesStainsGrease Book:Pragmatism and the Conception of Thruth Source: Pragmatism and the Conception of Thruth
“Every concerned citizen and policy maker should read this book. The environmentalists will hate it. The world's destitute masses will love it. And everyone will be challenged by it to reexamine their beliefs and the environmental establishment's claims.” WorldShouldBookHateBeliefPolicyCitizensMassConcernedClaimsEnvironmentalMakersEstablishmentEnvironmentalistDestitutePolicy Makers Author:Niger Innis
“In a nuclear age, and in an age of serious environmental degradation, apocalyptic belief creates a serious second order danger. The precarious logic of self-interest that saw us through the Cold War would collapse if the leaders of one nuclear state came to welcome, or ceased to fear mass death.” IfsWarSelfStatesAgeOrderBeliefInterestLeaderSawsDangerSeriousColdMassLogicEnvironmentalNuclearWelcomeCollapseCold WarSelf InterestDegradationApocalypticPrecariousEnvironmental Degradation Author:Ian Mcewan