“Economist and Africa expert Collier analyzes why a group of 50 nations, home to the poorest one billion people, are failing. Considering issues such as civil war, dependence on extractive industries, and bad governance, he argues that the strongest industrialized countries must enact a plan to help with international policies and standards.” PeopleWarCountryHelpingHomeNationsIssuesPlansFailingGroupsPolicyIndustryStandardsInternationalArguingBillionsExpertsCivil WarStrongestConsideringDependenceEconomistGovernancePoorest Author:Amy Lockwood
“Republicans are already on seriously thin ice, having presided over an era of unprecedented spending and consistently failing to articulate conservative principles on a wide variety of issues. But what Obama has in store will make President Bush appear, in retrospect, like a libertarian.” PresidentPrinciplesIssuesFailingRepublicanConservativeWideSpendingLibertarianStoresIceVarietyErasConsistentlyPresident BushUnprecedentedRetrospect Author:David Limbaugh
“When I try to get clever I fail, so I stick with the basic issues of human life on earth - sex, death, relationships, discovering who you are, being hurt and confused.” TryingHumansEarthSexHurtIssuesFailingWho You AreSticksCleverHuman LifeConfusedDiscoveringBeing HurtDiscovering Who You Are Author:Barbara Ess
“The robot is not going to want to be switched off because you've given it a goal to achieve and being switched off is a way of failing - so it will do its best not to be switched off. That's a story that isn't made clear in most movies but it I think is a real issue.” ThinkingWayWantMadeRealStoriesGivenGoalIssuesClearFailingAchieveRobots Author:Stuart J. Russell
“If we were to focus our attention on one particular problem and neglect the others, we would fail to see the true scope of our current global issues. The changes made in that form of thinking are limited and self-contained.” IfsThinkingMadeSelfProblemFormAttentionIssuesFocusFailingParticularCurrentsNeglectScopeSelf ContainedGlobal Issues Author:Ian Somerhalder
“There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in nonprofit organizations, tackling the issues that we so desperately need to face, while governments fail so appallingly.” PeopleWorldNeedsGovernmentFacesIssuesFailingAspectOrganizationChanging The WorldTacklingNonprofits Author:Annie Lennox