“As far as co-operation with The Hague is concerned it's impossible (to arrest Milosevic) by March 31 without an agreement on the federal level despite the consequences such a move could have.” MovingLevelsImpossibleConsequenceConcernedDespiteOperationsAgreementMarchImpossibility Author:Zoran ?in?ic
“First, the only certainty is that there is no certainty. Second, every decision, as a consequence, is a matter of weighing probabilities. Third, despite uncertainty we must decide and we must act. And lastly, we need to judge decisions not only on the results, but on how they were made.” NeedsFirstsMadeMatterDecisionResultsJudgingConsequenceThirdsDespiteCertaintyUncertaintyProbabilityWeighing Author:Robert Rubin
“Even the new feminist research on sex-role socialization and sex differences has sometimes had the unfortunate consequence of creating a new set of stereotypes about what women feel and how women behave. Despite the large amount of overlap between the sexes in most research, the tendency to label and polarize and thus to exaggerate differences remains in much reporting of data, which may, for example, report the mean scores of male and female populations but not the degree of overlap.” FeelsMayMeanSometimesSexDifferencesRolesExampleAmountDegreesCreatingResearchConsequenceFemaleRemainsMalesPopulationFeministTendenciesDespiteDataLabelsBehaveReportsScoreSexismUnfortunateStereotypeSocializationSex Differences Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Addiction is when you fall in love with a drug instead of a child or a lover and the learning that takes part in that part of the brain is designed by evolution to get us to persist despite negative consequences to do what we need to do - because I don't know anybody who could survive a relationship or parenting if not for the ability to persist despite negative consequences. The problem is when that gets misdirected to a drug and then you can find yourself in some very negative and potentially deadly situations.” IfsKnowsNeedsChildrenProblemFallAbilityBrainSituationEvolutionLoversDrugConsequenceNegativeFalling In LoveAddictionDespiteFinding YourselfPersistNegative Consequences Author:Maia Szalavitz
“I still think, despite everything, that the US is very unlikely to attack Iran. It could be a huge catastrophe; nobody knows what the consequences would be. I imagine that only an administration that's really desperate would resort to that.” ThinkingKnowsStillsWould BeImagineHugeConsequenceDespiteAdministrationDesperateIranImagine ThatCatastropheResortsUnlikelyNobody Knows Author:Noam Chomsky
“In the current setting the situation of the poor is neglected despite the grotesque wealth of the capitalist elites, and the dangers to the well-being of humanity associated with climate change are ignored despite a strong scientific consensus warning of the adverse, and possibly irreversible, consequences of further delays in reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon.” WellsHumanityStrongWealthPoorLevelsSituationDangerConsequenceClimateClimate ChangeCurrentsSettingDespiteSettingsWell BeingGasWarningCapitalistElitesIgnoredCarbonDelayConsensusNeglectedReducingEmissionsGrotesqueAdverseGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesIrreversible Author:Richard A. Falk
“The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the consequences of technology.” LongCommunityTechnologyConsequenceHorseDebateDespiteEngagedHatsProductiveStrawsPennsylvaniaRetroAmishStraw Hats Author:Howard Rheingold