“the American public has been delicately insulated from the actuality of our ongoing wars. While a tiny fraction of men and women fighting our wars are deploying again and again, civilian life remains pretty much isolated in cost-free complacency.” MenHas BeensWarFightingCostMen And WomenRemainsTinyIsolatedAgain And AgainOngoingCiviliansComplacencyFractionsActualityDeploying Book:Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power Source: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
“One of the myths about the Internet of Things is that companies have all the data they need, but their real challenge is making sense of it. In reality, the cost of collecting some kinds of data remains too high, the quality of the data isn't always good enough, and it remains difficult to integrate multiple data sources.” NeedsKindRealEnoughRealityDifficultChallengesQualityCompanySourceInternetCostRemainsMythDataMake SenseGood EnoughMultipleCollectingIntegrating Author:Chris Murphy
“I shall always feel respect for every one who has written a book, let it be what it may, for I had no idea of the trouble which trying to write common English could cost one—And alas there yet remains the worst part of all correcting the press.” FeelsWritingTryingMayBookIdeasCommonWrittenTroubleWorstCostRemainsPressesNo IdeaAlasCorrecting Book:The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1837-1843 Source: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1837-1843
“Where there is a confluence of interests among nations, as, for example the swine flu or polio, you can get well functioning international institutions like the World Health Organization. And you can act. Climate change is different, because the science remains hypothetical and the potential costs staggering.” WorldWellsDifferentNationsInterestExampleCostOrganizationInstitutionsRemainsClimateClimate ChangeInternationalFluStaggeringGet WellHypotheticalSwinePolioWorld HealthConfluenceWorld Health OrganizationSwine Flu Author:Charles Krauthammer
“"Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always, even death itself. The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for?” IfsHeartMayMeanDoeAgeSocialGrowsDyingHonorCostDeserveRemainsWorthyNobleOur TimeHardshipRejoicePersecutionScornWorth LivingDisapprovalWorthy ThingsSheepdogs Author:William Bennett
“The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced.” ShouldRealityBitsEnvironmentCostDegreesRemainsOilDamageExpensiveGasMiningGas PricesIncorporatingExternalitiesUranium MiningMarket Failure Author:Elon Musk