“If they succeed in creating an inclusive structure in virtually any peaceful form, Iraq succeeds. If they fail, the U.S.-led coalition fails almost regardless of its military success and that of the new Iraqi forces, and Iraq will move towards division, paralysis, civil conflict and/or a new strongman.” IfsMovingFormForceFailingMilitaryCivilizationSucceedConflictCreatingStructureIraqPeacefulDivisionCoalitionsParalysis Author:Anthony H. Cordesman
“It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.” PeopleWayHumansDoneAmericaConsciousnessUnited StatesProgressCivilizationCreatingUniqueRateInherentNoveltyHuman ConsciousnessNewness Book:Real Moments Source: Real Moments
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.” FirstsMayChildrenAgeEnemyTeacherTeachingDangerousIgnoranceCivilizationCreatingOur ChildrenStupidityDestroyedNonsenseArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Book:Controversial Essays Source: Controversial Essays
“Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.” HumansHas BeensEarthWaterEnvironmentWindCivilizationCreatingPatternsDesertCyclesDroughtDamsDeforestationHuman CivilizationUrbanization Author:Jamais Cascio
“The health of our home planet and the survival of our species will only be secured through the use of space resources and the expansion of Earth's economic sphere to the Moon and beyond. Creating an off-Earth economy and multi-planet civilization will safeguard the long term prospects of humanity.” LongUseHomeEarthHumanityTermSpaceEconomyEconomicPlanetsCivilizationMoonCreatingSurvivalResourcesSpeciesLong TermSpheresExpansionProspectsSecured Author:Bob Richards
“Civilization is the art of creating useless needs.” NeedsArtCivilizationCreatingUseless Author:Leo Errera
“The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western civilization: the game of telling stories, inventing characters, and creating the imaginary paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled because, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be heard and understood.” CharacterStoriesGamesIndividualNovelHeardReaderCivilizationCreatingUnderstoodWesternParadiseContractsImaginaryInventingTelling StoriesWestern Civilization Author:Carlos Fuentes