Literary References for Uncertainty Analysis

Yet, despite a tremendous increase in available facts, there were remarkably few insights.

It’s as if the future is a shattering window. The further you look, the more pieces that window breaks into. The near future can be anticipated, but the distant future … I can only guess.”

but the Gods On man bestow not all their gifts at once;

We might be more optimistic if we recognized that we do not have to solve all of these problems. Our essential task—a big enough one to be sure—is simply to keep open the options for the future or perhaps even to broaden them a bit by creating new variety and new niches.

‘this is indeed a meeting which is calculated to impress the mind with a sense of the instability and uncertainty of all human—in short, it is a most extraordinary meeting.

the lesson thou shalt learn Shall cause thee shudder but to hear it nam'd."