“The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd years until at some imperceptible moment, by the some mysterious chemistry, energies were refreshed, ideas broke out of the mold of the Middle Ages into new realms, and humanity found itself redirected.” YearsIdeasMomentsAgeHumanityNextFoundEnergyGrowsMiddleCenturyConsequenceMysteriousBrokeOddRealmsFiftyChemistryDisorderMiddle AgesMold Author:Barbara Tuchman
“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“In the twelfth century the Basque fishermen of Biarritz used to hunt whales with deadly efficiency. When the whales sensibly moved away, the Basques chased them further and further, with the consequence that the fishermen of Biarritz discovered America before Columbus did. This is a matter for local pride but on a larger view it is not quite so stunning, since with the possible exception of the Swiss everybody discovered America before Columbus did.” MatterAmericaUsedViewsHistoryCenturyHumourPrideConsequenceMovedLocalsExceptionEfficiencyHuntsWhalesFishermanStunningColumbusSwissBasques Book:Flying Visits Source: Flying Visits
“Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking were dangerous for women. Articles in the Lancet declared that women's brains would burst and their uteruses atrophy if they engaged in any form of rigorous thinking. The famous physician J.D. Kellogg insisted that novel reading was the greatest cause of uterine disease among young women and urged parents to protect their daughters from the dreaded consequences of print.” IfsThinkingWritingWellsFormYoungReadingCausesParentBrainNovelCenturyDangerousProtectDiseaseDaughterConsequenceMedicineEngagedBranchesPrintSexismArticlesPhysiciansYoung Women19th CenturyAtrophyReading WritingUterusWriting And Thinking Author:Dale Spender
“The vast majority of all consequences, especially in 21st century America, are completely meaningless bullshit.” AmericaCenturyConsequenceMajorityMeaninglessBullshit21st Century Author:Tucker Max
“We need to be much more far thinking in this new 21st century era of - of nation state failures and conflict. It's not just about getting rid of a single dictator. It is about understanding the secondary and third consequences that fall next.” ThinkingNeedsStatesFallNextNationsUnderstandingCenturyConflictConsequenceThirdsErasDictator21st Century Author:Martin O'Malley
“The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that the left has spawned. That the black family, which survived centuries of slavery and generations of discrimination, has disintegrated in the wake of the liberal welfare states is only one example.” WayStatesFactsLawLeftBlackVisionGenerationsCenturyDangerPolicyExampleConsequenceSlaveryDiscriminationWelfareLiberalismSurvivedWelfare StateBlack Family Author:Thomas Sowell