"In fact, the very nature of an X-event is that it is both rare and surprising. So I would not say that any specific X-event is likely. What I would say, though, is that some X-event is not only plausible, but very likely in a time scale of a few years."

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Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.

John L. Casti

#Years Quotes #Events Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Salvation for our educational ills... will have to come from within an educational community willing to say we have met the enemy and it is us.”
“There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should find a passion or a cause that they can really get behind, but it has to be organic.”
“...What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life.”
“I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.”
“That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.”
“My Family and Other Saints echoes Gerald Durrell's classic memoir, My Family and Other Animals, not only in its title, but in its wonderful humor and lyrical prose. Like Durrell, Kirin Narayan takes the reader to a fascinating world far from our own, and brings to life its myriad sights, sounds and smells, while revealing the profound cultural beliefs of its people. India is just the most complex character among a cast of characters-family members, gurus, hippies, and neighbors-all of whom I now count as old friends.”
“But I don't believe anyone begins a homosexual.”
“No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?”

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