“For mankind as a whole, a possession infinitely more valuable than individual life is our genetic heritage, our link with past and future... Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time.” MenMadeWholePastLife IsIndividualEnvironmentMankindPossessionValuableAgentsOur TimeLinksHeritageMenaceIndividual LifeDeterioration Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.” MenActionPoliticalPurposeIndividualAuthorityPsychologicalObedienceLinksMechanismCement Book:Obedience to Authority Source: Obedience to Authority
“Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems.” HandsTodayTogetherIndividualCompanyTechnologyInformationComputerDollarsCustomersAidsChainsOperationsTiesLinksCommerceDisputesBackboneInformation TechnologyEuroSupply ChainComputer Systems Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“Adolescents are the bearers of cultural renewal, those cycles of generation and regeneration that link our limited individual destinies with the destiny of the species.” IndividualDestinyGenerationsSpeciesCyclesLinksRenewalRegeneration Book:Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood Source: Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood