#unintended consequences

The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. ↗

— Richard Schickel

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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#complex #consequences #fact #foreign #foreign policy

I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#best #brought #called #closer #consequences

We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation. ↗

— Ron Johnson

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I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder. ↗

— David Moranis

#also #believe #bold #chaotic #connections

I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

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