The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational, voluntary reaction to challenge.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Great cultures have died because they could not respond to challenges in a planned and rational way.
- In plain terms
- Cultures fail when they cannot think clearly and act together to face problems.
- What can you take from it?
- Survival depends on rational and voluntary response to challenges.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your group face challenges?
- Do you value planned over impulsive action?
Another view
History is also shaped by factors beyond human control.
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