“The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated.” Has BeensRiskModernDevelopmentCorporationsMassiveInherentAppreciatedReduction Book:The affluent society Source: The affluent society
“Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence.” ThinkingStillsSeemsLiteratureSpaceRiskEconomicModernIslandsRelevantGlobalizationTime And SpaceModern SocietyInterdependence Book:Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition Source: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition
“To dream magnificently is not a gift given to all men, and even for those who possess it, it runs a strong risk of being progressively diminished by the ever-growing dissipation of modern life and by the restlessness engendered by material progress. The ability to dream is a divine and mysterious ability; because it is through dreams that man communicates with the shadowy world which surrounds him. But this power needs solitude to develop freely; the more one concentrates, the more one is likely to dream fully, deeply.” MenWorldNeedsDreamRunningStrongGivenAbilityGrowingProgressRiskModernDivineMaterialsSolitudeCommunicateMysteriousSurroundModern LifeRestlessnessDissipation Author:Charles Baudelaire
“the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.” PeopleThinkingArtGovernmentPoliticalProcessPartyVisionImpossibleRiskModernProduceExpressionRepublicanDiversityEssenceMajorityDemocratEngagedSpiteExplorationOverwhelmingPolitical PartiesBoldnessAntithesisRepublicanismBoldness And Courage Author:Marya Mannes
“How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is "accepted" as a "trade-off." Were the catastrophes of Love Canal, Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez episodes of war or of peace? They were in fact, peacetime acts of aggression, intentional to the extent that the risks were known and ignored.” HumansWarFactsSeemsDifferencesKnownRiskModernIndustryTradeEnvironmentalAcceptedChemicalsPollutionEpisodesAggressionWarfareIgnoredCatastropheManufacturingBombingMiningCanalsChernobylVictimizationTrade OffsModern WarChemical Warfare Author:Wendell Berry
“In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth, such as brazilwood and pepper, which added a new range of sense experience to a civilization which had never suspected its own insipidity... From these same lands our modern Marco Polos now bring back the moral spices of which our society feels an increasing need as it is conscious of sinking further into boredom, but that this time they take the form of photographs, books, and travelers tales.” PeopleNeedsFeelsLittlesHas BeensBookSeemsFormUsedOrderMoralRiskModernLandProductsCivilizationConsciousIndiaPhotographTalesRangeBoredomOur SocietyTravelerSpicesOld DaysSinkingPeppersMarcosPoloMarco Polo Author:Claude Levi-Strauss