New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies. They've done so in three ways: by dramatically boosting the access of individuals and special interests to politically… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
hen the price of carbon reaches $100 a tonne, then it will become an economically viable business proposition to start taking COâ‚‚ out of… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“As ingenuity gaps widen the gulfs of wealth and power among us, we need imagination, metaphor and empathy more than ever, to help us… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“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… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“As I looked over this curious document, I was particularly struck by a band of text across the bottom. It bore the title “Paperwork… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“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… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“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… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“Writing and repairing software generally takes far more time and is far more expensive than initially anticipated. “Every feature that is added and every… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“The result is a dangerous lag between the natural sciences and the social sciences. The natural sciences and the technologies they spawn carry us… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“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… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
“To support an adequate standard of living, humankind still needs huge quantities of wood and wood products, from planking and beams and fibreboard to… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
Bitumen is junk energy. A joule, or unit of energy, invested in extracting and processing bitumen returns only four to six joules in the… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
