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… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the cost in money, in lives, and in suffering was always significant. Only in the past… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional officers are trained to think in terms of emergent threats, and this [climate change] is as big a threat as you are going to find. Never mind what the pundits are telling the public about… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
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 anthropogenic (human-caused) warming triggers huge releases of carbon dioxide from warming oceans, or similar releases of both carbon dioxide and methane from melting permafrost, or both. Most climate scientists think that… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share
War is part of our history, but it is not in at all the same sense part of our prehistory. It is one of… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
The real requirement, if we are to avoid runaway global warming, is probably 80% by 2030, and almost no burning whatever of fossil fuels… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
The first and most important impact of climate change on human civilisation will be an acute and permanent crisis of food supply. Eating regularly… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy,… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
Never did anyone ever stay longer than ten years because the resistance grows fiercer as your presence grows longer [in Afghanistan]. I don't think… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
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… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
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