War is part of our history, but it is not in at all the same sense part of our prehistory. It is one of the innovations that occurred between nine and eleven thousand years ago when the first civilized societies were coming into being. What has been invented can be changed; war is not in our genes.
Fiat justitia, ruat coelum. (Do the right thing even if the heavens fall.) It's not nearly as naïve a maxim as it seems, because in the real world it… - Gwynne Dyer
Fiat justitia, ruat coelum. (Do the right thing even if the heavens fall.) It's not nearly as naïve a maxim as it seems, because in the real world it…
- Gwynne Dyer
Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatic… - Gwynne Dyer
Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatic…
The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will b… - Gwynne Dyer
The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will b…
The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot fas… - Gwynne Dyer
The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot fas…
It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders. - Gwynne Dyer
It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders.
While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent … - Gwynne Dyer
While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent …
Now, for the moment, we are safe. The only kind of international violence that worries most people in the developed countries is terrorism: from immi… - Gwynne Dyer
Now, for the moment, we are safe. The only kind of international violence that worries most people in the developed countries is terrorism: from immi…
There is a point of no return after which warming becomes unstoppable - and we are probably going to sail right through it. It is the point at which … - Gwynne Dyer
There is a point of no return after which warming becomes unstoppable - and we are probably going to sail right through it. It is the point at which …
But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time a new global agreement… - Gwynne Dyer
But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time a new global agreement…
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