"Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence"
- Jared Diamond
About this Quote
This quote by Jared Diamond is a reminder that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent. He is suggesting that the remote islands of the past are now appropriate to our modern societies due to the threats connected with globalization and financial connection. He is cautioning us that the choices we make today can have a causal sequence throughout the world, which the effects of our actions can be felt far and wide. He is advising us to be conscious of the prospective dangers of globalization and economic interdependence, and to take actions to make sure that our actions are advantageous to all.
This quote is written / told by Jared Diamond somewhere between September 10, 1937 and today. He was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 33 other quotes.
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"I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity"
"Now is not the time to compromise on the economy. Instead, we should be doing everything in our power to support long-term economic growth. Permanent repeal of the death tax will mean more high-quality, high-paying jobs for Americans"
"Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals"
"As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its thinking and feeling changed"
"From this process has emerged a parallel process of translating traditional working and living values into a new political and economic power - a power increasingly based upon the strength of money and those material things money can purchase"