“New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies. They've done so in three ways: by dramatically boosting the access of individuals and special interests to politically potent information, by making it easier for such people to coordinate their activities and exert political power, and by greatly increasing the pace of events within our political systems.” PeopleWayDonePoliticalThreePoliticsIndividualInterestTechnologyDemocracyModernSpecialEventsInformationChangedInternetEasierActivityCompetitionIncludingPhonesAccessLandscapePaceEmailBlastPolitical SystemsPhone CallsInformation TechnologyPolitical PowerSpecial InterestsCoordinatesNew InformationThree WaysFax Author:Thomas Homer-Dixon
“If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.” IfsModernLandMoonCustomsPaceModern Life Author:Wernher von Braun
“As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I'm always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.” LooksJobsPleasureModernComfortablePaceStylishModern DayHectic Author:Maria Sharapova
“J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern television and cinema media, which seizes the imagination by pummelling it, bombarding it with powerful stimuli, in a rapid pace, with plenty of emotional rewards.” UsedImaginationPowerfulModernMediaStyleTelevisionEmotionalRewardsTechniquePlentyCinemaPaceStorytellerRapidsStimulus Author:Michael O'Brien
“It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world.” PeopleIfsWorldMadeWould BePoliticalMistakeEconomicModernIdealsScalesTragicCherishCooperationPaceAnxiousUnderestimateModern WorldEconomic Change Book:The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements Source: The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements