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Eternity is at the very least 13.8 billion years – the current age of the universe. Planet Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, and humans have existed for at least 2 million years. In contrast, the city of Jerusalem was established just 5,000 years ago and the Jewish people are at most 3,000 years old.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
»Es werden alle Sektoren (Strom, Verkehr und Wärme) zusammen betrachtet. Und siehe da: 80 Prozent des Energiebedarfs werden in Deutschland heute fossil gedeckt, 7,5 Prozent durch Kernkraft, 13 Prozent durch erneuerbare Energien. Wenn man bei den Erneuerbaren das Wasser und die Biomasse (einschließlich Biogas und Biosprit) abzieht, bleiben übrig: 1,5 Prozent der Primärenergie werden durch Windkraft erzeugt, 1 Prozent durch Fotovoltaik (Seite 10 der Studie). Zusammen ergibt das 2,5 Prozent Wind- und Sonnenenergie – wahrlich noch ein langer Weg bis zu 100 Prozent.«
Vom Verlust Der Freiheit
Raymond Unger
The French revolution operated on assumptions much closer to those of the vision of the anointed. Where the American revolution deliberately created a government of elaborate checks and balances, to constrain the evils inherent in human beings, the French revolution concentrated vast powers in its leadership, so as to allow those who were presumably wise and benevolent to effect sweeping changes with little hindrance. Condorcet, as an intellectual supporter of the French revolution, could see no reason for the American system of checks and balances, in which society was to be “jostled between opposing powers” or to be held back by the “inertia” of its constitution. Indeed, even after the revolutionaries turned against him and threw him into prison, Condorcet still seemed not to understand the reason for limitations on government power.
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell
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