“This society in which knowledge workers dominate is in danger of a new "class conflict" between the large minority of knowledge workers and the majority of workers who will make their livings through traditional ways, either by manual work... or by service work. The productivity of knowledge work - still abysmally low - will predictably become the economic challenge of the knowledge society. On it will depend the ability of the knowledge society to give decent incomes, and with them dignity and status, to non knowledge people.” PeopleWayGivingStillsChallengesAbilityClassEconomicDangerDependsConflictLowsDignityMajorityWorkersProductivityIncomeTraditionalDecentMinoritiesManualsThis SocietyKnowledge WorkersClass ConflictNew ClassManual Work Author:Peter Drucker
“The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.” HealingQualityOur LivesDependsConflictConflict Resolution Author:Thomas Crum
“Look at all the conflict between tribes, nations, and religions. They need their enemies, because they provide the sense of separateness on which their collective egoic identity depends.” NeedsLooksNationsEnemyIdentityDependsConflictCollectivesTribesSeparateness Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals], which is deeply rooted in human nature.” HumansCultureGrowthHuman NatureDependsBalanceConflictRadicalVarietyRootedRichnessContinuation Author:Paul Johnson
“Seek first the kingdom of wealth and you'll worry over every dollar. Seek first the kingdom of health and you'll sweat every blemish and bump. Seek first the kingdom of popularity, and you'll relive every conflict. Seek first the kingdom of safety, and you'll jump at every crack of the twig. But seek first His kingdom and you will find it. On that, we can depend and never worry.” FirstsWealthWorryDependsConflictSafetyDollarsKingdomsCracksSweatPopularityBumpsTwigs Book:Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear Source: Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
“Climate change could produce a lot of misery and waste without necessarily leading to large-scale armed conflict, which depends more on ideology and bad governance than on resource scarcity.” ProduceDependsConflictWasteResourcesMiseryClimateClimate ChangeScalesIdeologyGovernanceScarcityLarge ScaleArmed Conflict Author:Steven Pinker