“There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between "ideals," and with luck they won't have left their genes behind because they'll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they're too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change.” ThinkingKnowsShouldYearsMayHas BeensWarEnoughAgeLastsYoungLeftBehindsResponsibilityStupidQuietConflictMembersIdealsShould HaveLuckAssumingSpeciesSpotsZoneGenesCalculationsPacificGloomyPastimePeace And QuietChildbearing Author:John Brunner
“The problems raised by a conscious direction of economic affairs on a national scale inevitably assume even greater dimensions when the same is attempted internationally. The conflict between planning and freedom cannot but become more serious as the similarity of standards and values among those submitted to a unitary plan diminishes.” ProblemValuesGreaterPlansEconomicSeriousConflictStandardsConsciousAssumingRaisedAffairScalesPlanningDimensionsDiminishSimilarityStandards And Values Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in his conduct, but we regard him as mad if we believe we cannot. In either case, the crucial issue is our control of the other: the more we lose control over him, and the more he assumes control over himself, the more, in case of conflict, we are likely to consider him mad rather than just bad.” IfsBelieveDoeLosesCasesIssuesConflictRegardMadAssumingCrucialNonconformity Book:The second sin Source: The second sin
“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.” InspirationalPartyConflictAgreeAssumingClassicResolutionDisagreeAnxiousNegotiationDiplomacyDisputesDisagreementDiplomaticDiplomatsNegotiatingWin WinAgree To Disagree Author:Dean Acheson
“Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be the primary site of conflict between nature and culture. If one assumes that nature (or instinct) is repressed in a highly civilised society, then I think the conceptual dyad nature-culture is best preserved there, in the realm of sex.” IfsThinkingHumansMightLastsFormCultureSexEnjoyExpressionConflictDirectConnectionsAssumingInstinctPrimariesRealmsSiteRepressedCivilisedCivilised Society Author:Thomas Koerfer
“To understand most important ideas in psychology, you need to understand how the mind is divided into parts that sometimes conflict. We assume that there is one person in each body, but in some ways we are each more like a committee whose members have been thrown together to do a job, but who often find themselves working at cross purposes.” WayNeedsMindPersonsHas BeensImportantIdeasSometimesBodyTogetherJobsPurposePsychologyConflictMembersCrossesAssumingThrownDividedCommittees Author:Jonathan Haidt
“We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.” FeelingsBreakEmotionalConflictAssumingAssumptionHouseholdHypnotic Author:Vernon Howard
“There are surely many ways that [media select and contextualise events determine the boundaries of public thinking] happens, but we can note at the most obvious level the way in which forms of resistance or violence get cast as "conflicts" that assume two sides that are fighting only against one another.” ThinkingWayTwoHappensFormFightingSidesLevelsViolenceMediaEventsConflictAssumingNotesCastsDetermineObviousBoundariesResistanceSelectTwo Sides Author:Judith Butler
“Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts.” PlayAmericaRolesConflictAssumingCompromisePalestinianInvolvingSettlementMadison Author:Ron Paul
“None of us, irrespective of our sexual preference and/or practice, imagine that we can have an intimate relationship with a partner and always have seamless harmony. Indeed, most of us assume that once the “honeymoon” period is over differences will emerge and conflicts will happen. Positively, we also assume that we will be “safe“ in those moments; that even if voices are raised and emotions expressed are intense, there will not be and should not be any abuse or any reason to be unsafe, and that the will to connect and communicate will prevail.” IfsShouldReasonMomentsHappensVoiceDifferencesEmotionPracticeImaginePeriodsSafeConflictAbuseHarmonyAssumingRaisedCommunicatePartnersIntenseIntimateImagine ThatPreferencePositivelyHoneymoonUnsafeIntimate RelationshipsSeamless Book:Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom Source: Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom