“We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of life on earth. Our crisis is not a crisis of information; it is a crisis of decision of policy and action.” KnowsHumansEnoughProblemActionEarthDecisionInformationPolicyMajorsCrisisHuman LifeThreateningMajor ProblemsRest Of Life Author:George Wald
“Not everyone is sold on crisis consultants. Linda Gray, assistant vice president and director of news and information at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, says that to a certain extent, the worse the crisis, the closer to home you should deal with it. .. You ought to be dealing with the crisis, not explaining things to somebody else.” ShouldHomeCertainPresidentDealsInformationOughtDirectorsNewsCrisisUniversityVicesGrayFloridaExplainingAssistantsVice PresidentConsultantsOrlandoExplaining Things Author:Linda Gray
“With each newly minted crisis, US leaders roll out the same time-tested scenario. They start demonizing a foreign leader ... charging them with being communistic or otherwise dictatorial, dangerously aggressive, power hungry, genocidal, given to terrorism or drug trafficking, ready to deny us access to vital resources, harboring weapons of mass destruction, or just inexplicably "anti-American" and "anti-West." Lacking any information to the contrary, the frightened public ... are swept along.” GivenLeaderInformationReadyDrugWeaponsMassResourcesDestructionCrisisWestDenyTerrorismAccessContraryHungryFrightenedAggressiveLackingTestedScenariosWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionChargingTraffickingAnti-americanPower HungryDrug Trafficking Author:Michael Parenti
“With such compelling information, the question is why havent we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: the alcohol industry.” AbleAnswersInformationIndustryCrisisDrinkingAlcoholCompellingUnderage Drinking Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“The issue of managing through a crisis is you have to be decisive even if you don't have perfect information.” IfsPerfectIssuesInformationCrisis Author:Howard Schultz
“The current financial crisis calls out for new products and services as well as more, not less, information about what is safe and profitable in the future environment.” WellsEnvironmentInformationProductsSafeCrisisInvestingFinancialCurrentsProfitableFinancial CrisisNew Products Author:Jeremy Siegel
“It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces society, and indeed the whole of human nature and consciousness today. Moreover, it may turn out that such a form of free exchange of ideas and information is of fundamental relevance for transforming culture and freeing it of destructive misinformation, so that creativity can be liberated.” WayHumansWellsMayIdeasWholeTodayFacesFormTurnsCultureConsciousnessCreativityHuman NatureInformationCrisisFundamentalsDialogueDestructiveTransformingRelevanceLiberatedMisinformationInvestigating Book:Science, Order, and Creativity Source: Science, Order, and Creativity
“They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.” DifferentSocialCausesMediaInformationMovementToolsCrisisCommunicateSocial Media Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Consumers around the world are more aware of the multiple global crises we face than ever before, thanks to information found on the Internet.” WorldFacesFoundInformationInternetCrisisThanksAround The WorldConsumersMultiple Author:Simon Mainwaring
“As a function of the easy access to information provided by the Internet, and the ease with which it can be shared thanks to social media, consumers are now better informed as to the behavior of brands and the multiple global crises we face.” FacesSocialEasyMediaInformationInternetBehaviorFunctionCrisisSocial MediaAccessThanksBrandsConsumersEaseMultipleAccess To InformationEasy Access Author:Simon Mainwaring
“However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth tellers. One of the lessons of the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession is that there are periods in which competition, among experts and among organizations, creates powerful forces that favor a collective blindness to risk and uncertainty.” PeopleForcePowerfulRiskInformationPeriodsLessonsOptimismOrganizationCrisisCompetitionRewardsFinancialFavorsUncertaintyFirmExpertsCollectivesBlindnessMisleadRecessionsFinancial CrisisProvidersGreat Recession Author:Daniel Kahneman