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> [“We can see how our world is, in many ways, becoming more complex, fast-paced, and unpredictable. As a result, the problems we face are getting more complicated as well, and (as in my thought experiment), we need longer and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/we-can-see-how-our-world-is-in-many-ways-becoming-more-complex-fast/)

[Thomas Homer-Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-homer-dixon/)

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## More by Thomas Homer-Dixon

> [hen the price of carbon reaches $100 a tonne, then it will become an economically viable business proposition to start taking COâ‚‚ out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/hen-the-price-of-carbon-reaches-100-a-tonne-then-it-will-become-an/)

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> [“As ingenuity gaps widen the gulfs of wealth and power among us, we need imagination, metaphor and empathy more than ever, to help us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/as-ingenuity-gaps-widen-the-gulfs-of-wealth-and-power-among-us-we/)

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> [Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/our-marvelous-new-information-technologies-boost-our-power-and/)

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> [“Conventional economics is the dominant intellectual rationalization of today’s world order. As we’ve overextended the growth phase of our global adaptive cycle, this rationalization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/conventional-economics-is-the-dominant-intellectual-rationalization/)

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> [“As I looked over this curious document, I was particularly struck by a band of text across the bottom. It bore the title “Paperwork…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/as-i-looked-over-this-curious-document-i-was-particularly-struck-by-a/)

[Thomas Homer-Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-homer-dixon/)

> [“We can see how our world is, in many ways, becoming more complex, fast-paced, and unpredictable. As a result, the problems we face are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/we-can-see-how-our-world-is-in-many-ways-becoming-more-complex-fast/)

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> [“Today’s overwhelming volume and variety of information makes it possible—by selecting and connecting data points carefully—to paint practically any picture of the world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/today-s-overwhelming-volume-and-variety-of-information-makes-it/)

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> [“Writing and repairing software generally takes far more time and is far more expensive than initially anticipated. “Every feature that is added and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/writing-and-repairing-software-generally-takes-far-more-time-and-is/)

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> [“The result is a dangerous lag between the natural sciences and the social sciences. The natural sciences and the technologies they spawn carry us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/the-result-is-a-dangerous-lag-between-the-natural-sciences-and-the/)

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> [“We might be excused our ignorance in this case, because ocean-atmosphere systems are, after all, almost inconceivably complex. Less easy to excuse is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/we-might-be-excused-our-ignorance-in-this-case-because-ocean/)

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> [“To support an adequate standard of living, humankind still needs huge quantities of wood and wood products, from planking and beams and fibreboard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/to-support-an-adequate-standard-of-living-humankind-still-needs-huge/)

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> [Bitumen is junk energy. A joule, or unit of energy, invested in extracting and processing bitumen returns only four to six joules in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/bitumen-is-junk-energy-a-joule-or-unit-of-energy-invested-in/)

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> [Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/human-beings-have-been-smart-enough-to-turn-nature-to-their-ends/)

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> [“The combined activities of our enormous population are already producing breathtaking effects. Our planet is only 12,700 kilometers in diameter—about three times the distance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/the-combined-activities-of-our-enormous-population-are-already/)

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> [“Some people argue that economics is an exception to this general story. Economics, they say, provides a much more analytically precise and tightly integrated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-homer-dixon/some-people-argue-that-economics-is-an-exception-to-this-general/)

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