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Irreversible Quotes

Evolution in the biosphere is therefore a necessarily irreversible process defining a direction in time; a direction which is the same as that enjoined by the law of increasing entropy, that is to say, the second law of thermodynamics. This is far more than a mere comparison: the second law is founded upon considerations identical to those which establish the irreversibility of evolution. Indeed, it is legitimate to view the irreversibility of evolution as an expression of the second law in the biosphere Picture Quote #1

The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties of private citizens Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately, some of our poor choices are irreversible, but many are not. Often, we can change course and get back on the right track Picture Quote #1

We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the earth’s functioning in its major life systems. Our ethical traditions know how to deal with suicide, homicide and even genocide, but these traditions collapse entirely when confronted with biocide, the killing of the life systems of the earth, and geocide, the devastation of the earth itself Picture Quote #1

$Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we won’t replace fossil fuels with clean energy based on the events of a single week, either. But the important thing to remember is that, once they happen, clean energy victories are irreversible. No one will tear down wind farms because they are nostalgic for fracking in our watersheds. And nobody will pull down their solar panels because they miss having mercury in their tuna or asthma inhalers for their kids. Because once we leave fossil fuels behind, we are never going back Picture Quote #1$

I know that it’s easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will lessen in time, pain is too often merely relentless and irreversible Picture Quote #1

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Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you’re not aware of your loss until it’d irreversible Picture Quote #1

Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There’s clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly Picture Quote #1

Activity proneness in the service of an ideology... leads the individual into an irreversible series of commitments from which is forged an identity to which the individual inevitably becomes strongly attached psychologically Picture Quote #1

Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past Picture Quote #1

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. and when the people raised their voices, we didn’t hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition Picture Quote #1

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Evolution in the biosphere is therefore a necessarily irreversible process defining a direction in time; a direction which is the same as that enjoined by the law of increasing entropy, that is to say, the second law of thermodynamics. This is far more than a mere comparison: the second law is founded upon considerations identical to those which establish the irreversibility of evolution. Indeed, it is legitimate to view the irreversibility of evolution as an expression of the second law in the biosphere (Irreversible Quotes) The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties of private citizens (Irreversible Quotes) Unfortunately, some of our poor choices are irreversible, but many are not. Often, we can change course and get back on the right track (Irreversible Quotes) We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the earth’s functioning in its major life systems. Our ethical traditions know how to deal with suicide, homicide and even genocide, but these traditions collapse entirely when confronted with biocide, the killing of the life systems of the earth, and geocide, the devastation of the earth itself (Irreversible Quotes) Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we won’t replace fossil fuels with clean energy based on the events of a single week, either. But the important thing to remember is that, once they happen, clean energy victories are irreversible. No one will tear down wind farms because they are nostalgic for fracking in our watersheds. And nobody will pull down their solar panels because they miss having mercury in their tuna or asthma inhalers for their kids. Because once we leave fossil fuels behind, we are never going back (Irreversible Quotes) I know that it’s easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will lessen in time, pain is too often merely relentless and irreversible (Irreversible Quotes) Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you’re not aware of your loss until it’d irreversible (Irreversible Quotes) Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There’s clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly (Irreversible Quotes) Activity proneness in the service of an ideology... leads the individual into an irreversible series of commitments from which is forged an identity to which the individual inevitably becomes strongly attached psychologically (Irreversible Quotes) Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past (Irreversible Quotes) We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. and when the people raised their voices, we didn’t hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition (Irreversible Quotes)

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