“Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But are they smart enough to solve the problems of the 21st century?” HumansHas BeensEndsEnoughProblemTurnsWealthHuman BeingsCenturySmartAverageSolve21st CenturyLife SpanAverage Life Author:Thomas Homer-Dixon
“Chantal's only ruse ... was her shattering simplicity. While a weak man or an imposter is always more complicated than the problem he is trying to solve, and thinking to encompass his adversary, merely keeps prowling interminably around himself, the heroic nature will throw itself into the heart of the danger to turn it to its own use, just as captured artillery is turned about and aimed at the backs of the fleeing enemy.” ThinkingMenTryingHeartUseProblemTurnsEnemyDangerWeakSimplicityComplicatedSolveHeroicAdversariesCapturedFleeingShatteringImposterArtilleryWeak ManProwling Author:Georges Bernanos