Ben Bernanke

Given the extent of the exposures of major banks around the world to A.I.G., and in light of the extreme fragility of the system, there was a significant risk that A.I.G.'s failure could have sparked a global banking panic.

American Public Servant

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

In Afghanistan, life is so fragile; who knows what the next week will bring? That fragility really affects the way you're able to report, and the kind of stories people will tell you.

Public Servant

Peter Maurer

Businesses operating in fragile or conflict-affected environments bear a responsibility to, at the very minimum, do no harm and avoid fuelling conflict or reinforcing fragility.

Swiss Activist

Stella Young

I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

Australian Comedian

Jose Saramago

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

Portuguese Writer

David Christian

We, as extremely complex creatures, desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity and why complexity means vulnerability and fragility.

American Historian

Roger Scruton

Conservatives reveal themselves through their care for ordinary human things, and their recognition of the fragility of decency and the need to protect it.

English Philosopher

Carrie Brownstein

When people grow up with a family characterized by chaos and uncertainty and fragility, you look for a substitution for that.

American Musician

Robin DiAngelo

The antidote to white fragility is ongoing and lifelong and includes sustained engagement, humility, and education.

American Educator

Norman Cousins

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

American Author

Often used to describe items that can break easily, requiring careful handling.

Physical Objects

Metaphorically describes concepts vulnerable to failure or damage, like relationships.

Extended Metaphors

Fragility might not be apparent; sometimes objects or situations seem stronger than they are.

Not Always Visible

Used to express vulnerability in emotional states, often related to mental health.

Emotional Context

Using 'fragility' in emotional contexts should be sensitive to avoid reinforcing stereotypes.

Avoid Stereotyping

Refers to financial systems or markets susceptible to shocks or crises.

Economic Applications

Acknowledging fragility can influence how businesses or governments create strategies.

Impacts Decisions

Can signal a need for caution or careful planning in economic contexts.

Signals Caution

 especially in art, in the words of a more contemporary artist, "to demonstrate the fragility of our senses." Okay, this is complete rubbish. The senses aren't fragile. And if they were, we wouldn't be here. Instead, color tells us something completely different, that the brain didn't actually evolve to see the world the way it is.

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 nor does it exactly transmit across space, like intangible information. It seems to do a little of both. Quantum physics gives us a strange new vision for all the matter in our universe as collections of fragile information. And quantum teleportation reveals new ways to influence this fragility.

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 seen before and probably no one will ever see again we have decided within every episode to address an aspect of around each habitat since the the fragility really of the oceans is something I think comes through there's something we must cherish every one of

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 You see, babies are born in a state of utter fragility. Without the caregiver, they wouldn't survive, so it stands to reason that nature would endow them with these mechanisms of survival. They orient to the caregiver. From the first days and weeks of life,

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 even exposure to droughts, cyclones and earthquakes. Now obviously, some cities are more fragile than others. The good news, if there is any, is that fragility is not a permanent condition. Some cities that were once the most fragile cities in the world,

The biggest risks facing...

 and it's more difficult to create complexity. Now, we, as extremely complex creatures, desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity despite the second law, and why complexity means vulnerability and fragility.

The history of our world...

 research to enable experiences you could otherwise not have like for example and embodied truly embodied sensation rising up and beyond the atmosphere looking down and appreciating the beauty and fragility of our planet and experience

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 create complexity now we as extremely complex creatures desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity despite the second law and why complexity means vulnerability and fragility and that's

 Life's beauty is inseparable from its fragility. We are young until we are not. We walk down the streets sexy until one day we realize that we are unseen.

The gift and power of...

 We all know that Antarctica is deeply impacted by climate change. And I want to try and showcase that fragility through the macro and the micro.