"But we can make a great deal of difference, not by pretending to follow unrealistic and arbitrary goals: **all too obviously, history does not unfold as a computerized academic exercise with major achievements falling on years ending with zero or five**; it is full of discontinuities, reversals, and unpredictable departures." ([Location 3829](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=3829)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[forecasting]], [[climate-change]], [[decarbonisation]], [[data-analytics]], [[the-black-swan]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]