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Page 281 . If you shook the responsibility of confronting the unexpected, even when it appears in manageable doses, reality will become unsustainably, organized and chaotic. That it will grow bigger and swallow all order, all sense, and I predict ability. Ignored reality transforms itself, reverts back into the Greek goddess of chaos, the great reptilian monster of the unknown – the great predatory beast against which mankind has struggled. If the gap between protons and reality goes on mentioned, it will widen, you will fall into it, and the consequences will not be good. Ignored reality manifests itself into an abyss and confusion and suffering. Be careful with what you tell yourself and others about what you have done, what you are doing, and where you are going. Search for the correct words. Organize those words into correct sentences, and those sentences into correct paragraphs.

— from Takeoff Into Chaos · 12 Rules for Life, An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson

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If you shirk the responsibility of confronting the unexpected — even in the small, manageable doses it first arrives in — reality itself does not politely wait. It grows more disorganized, more chaotic, until the thing you would not face becomes the thing you no longer can. The folks at Boeing learned this in the most public way: a culture that will not slow down to fix the small problems, that puts the schedule before the quality and will not let anyone speak up, is a culture quietly manufacturing the disaster it will later call an accident. — Takeoff Into Chaos

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