Discussion Question

I think was Einstein means is that when we create problems we are thinking in a certain way, at a certain level. If we try to solve problems by thinking in the same way or at the same level, it is not going to work. It would just be the definition of insanity all over again—doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. The fact is that if we want to solve the problems we create, we have to do something different than what got us in the problem in the first place. As Chapter 6 (n.d.) shows, people who want to settle religious differences by violence are trying to solve the problem in the same way it started, which was through violence. And as Huntington (1993) points out, the clash of civilizations is coming: it will be focused on culture and nothing else. Culture is the main thing that...

Culture grows over time and the best way to settle the coming clash will be to exercise patience and put the golden rule to use. I think this is applicable to global conflicts today. The global culture is emerging—and the goal should be peace rather than war—but not a political peace; rather it should be a spiritual peace, supported by cultural agreement.
Response One

I imagine that what you mean is that emotions tend to escalate conflict while research and study can be used to solve the problems of conflict. I would agree with this. I tend to think people today are too emotional about most things and just give a knee-jerk response to whatever happens instead of calmly and rationally thinking it through. However, I am not sure that study is going to solve…