“I think it's crazy for us to play games with our children's future. We know what's happening to the climate, we have a highly predictable set of consequences if we continue to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenPlayGamesCrazyHappeningsConsequenceOur ChildrenClimateAtmosphereGlobal WarmingPredictableGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:William J. Clinton
“The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.” IfsLongKidsGamesStudentsKeysAdultsConsequenceDiscussionOutcomesAccountability Author:Albert Shanker
“It was the kind of light blow that is exchanged without notice or consequence hundreds of times in a game.” KindLightGamesConsequenceBlowNhlConcussions Author:Ken Dryden
“If you are armed with knowledge, if you are aware that certain dynamics are at play then you have options. You can play defense, you can ignore certain person and take the consequences perhaps with a game plan in mind and it goes on, you've increased your options.” IfsMindPersonsPlayCertainGamesPlansGoes OnConsequenceDefenseDynamicsGame Plan Author:Robert Greene
“There is a huge set of consequences that start stacking up as you approach the end-game. And even in terms of the ending itself, it continues to break down to some very large decisions. So it's not like a ****c game ending where everything is linear and you make a choice between a few things - it really does layer in many, many different choices, up to the final moments, where it's going to be different for everyone who plays it.” DoeDifferentEndsPlayMomentsChoicesGamesTermDecisionBreakHugeApproachConsequenceFinalsLayersBreaking DownLinearDifferent ChoicesStacking Author:Ray Muzyka
“In a culture of electronic violence, images that once caused us to empathize with the pain and trauma of another human being, excite a momentary adrenaline rush. To be numb to another's pain - to be acculturated to violence - is one of the worst consequences our technological advances. That indifference transfers from the screen, TV, film, Internet, and electronic games to our everyday lives.” HumansPainFilmCultureGamesLanguageHuman BeingsViolenceSocietyWorstTvsCommunicationInternetConsequenceEverydayTraumaScreensIndifferenceTechnologicalEveryday LifeTransfersNumbAdrenalineMomentaryAdrenaline Rush Author:John Naisbitt
“For me, 9/11 was a game changer. It altered my perception of the security threat we faced. I took the position that Britain should be shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. It was a big decision; I didn't take it lightly, or in ignorance of its consequences. It's a big commitment for a country to give, but I believed it was the right thing to do.” GivingShouldCountryBigsGamesDecisionSecurityPositionIgnorancePerceptionCommitmentConsequenceThreatShouldersThings To DoRight ThingBritainAlteredBig DecisionsGame Changers Author:Tony Blair
“So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.” FirstsEnoughGamesWishHoursDealsConditionsColdDisciplineExerciseDrinkConflictMy FriendsConsequenceMarkWineDustConquerHeatCakeDefeatedTwistsYou Like ItWristsAnklesOlympic GamesGreat Sports Author:Epictetus
“Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the custom of a particular culture or tribe. It is a consequence of the interchangeability of perspectives and the opportunity the world provides for positive-sum games.” WorldBookCultureOpportunityGamesWrittenParticularPerspectiveMoralityConsequenceCustomsRegulationTribesArbitraryDeitiesVengeful Book:The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Source: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
“Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.” PeopleSaidGamesWeaknessConsequenceGolfSurprisingRecklessHumbling Author:Bobby Jones
“The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game are. But understanding the rules is just a trivial preliminary on the long route from being a novice to being a grand master. So even if we understand all the laws of physics, then exploring their consequences in the everyday world where complex structures can exist is a far more daunting task, and that's an inexhaustible one I'm sure.” PeopleIfsWorldMayLongMovingLawScienceGamesUnderstandingMastersConsequenceTasksStructureComplexesEverydayPhysicsChessObservationExploringRoutesPhysicistLaws Of PhysicsNovicesPlaying ChessDaunting Tasks Author:Martin Rees
“You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world that objectively exists, and which I, in a wildly speculative way, am trying to capture. ... Even the great initial success of the quantum theory does not make me believe in the fundamental dice-game, although I am well aware that our younger colleagues interpret this as a consequence of senility. No doubt the day will come when we will see whose instinctive attitude was the correct one.” WorldWayTryingBelieveWellsDoePlayGodLawScienceOrderGamesBeliefExistenceAttitudeDoubtTheoryConsequenceFundamentalsNo DoubtCaptureQuantumColleaguesInitialsLaw And OrderDiceQuantum TheorySenility Author:Albert Einstein
“With all that IMF money, the Thailand's and Mexico's are spared the consequences of their fiscal incompetence, and Wall Street's heavy hitters are spared the consequences of their stupid investments. The global economy is a rigged game, rigged so Third World politicians, rich investors and global corporations win - and U.S. taxpayers lose.” WorldGamesWinningLosesLibertyEconomyRichStreetsStupidWallPoliticianConsequenceThirdsInvestmentHeavyLibertarianCorporationsInvestorsMexicoLibertarianismTaxpayersIncompetenceThird WorldGlobal EconomyThailandRiggedImf Author:Pat Buchanan
“Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of every sort of move. Thus, the longer the automaton went on playing game, the more experienced it would become by the accumulation of experimental results. Such a machine precisely represents the acquirement of experience by our nervous organization.” ShouldMovingScienceGamesLostResultsNumbersPlayerConsequenceMachinesOrganizationChessExperimentsNervousAccumulationRegisterPlaying GamesChess Players Author:William Stanley Jevons