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You want to aim a superpowerful radio beam at the red sun. Have you thought about the political symbolism of such an experiment?”
“Kairos, the god of fortunate moments, is supposed to have a lock of hair on his forehead, which is the only way of grasping hold of him. Because once the god has slipped past on his winged feet, the back of his head is sleek and hairless, nowhere to grab hold of.”
― Kairos
― Kairos
“However, governments and businesses may also hire consultancies not to reduce their climate footprint, but to convince others of their commitment to mitigating the climate crisis, even if this is not matched with action. A number of recent cases and developments lend weight to this hypothesis.”
― The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies
― The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies
“The cultivation of insecurity requires modesty. If a person—or a policymaker—is not modest, the gods will sooner or later force modesty upon them.”
― The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power
― The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power
“No wonder religious fundamentalism and extreme right-wing nationalism simultaneously reappear.”
― Why Nationalism
― Why Nationalism
“To sell territory rather than losing it in battle, especially territory in the heartland of the Muslim world that contained one of the three holiest Islamic sites, would strike at the legitimacy of the Ottoman Empire among its Muslim subjects, a group who, after the progressive losses of mostly Christian territories in Europe, were increasingly powerful in what remained of the empire. There was, of course, another problem with Herzl’s proposal.”
― The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
― The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
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