What does the quotation mean to you? Why do you think the speaker stated this quotation? “To conquer uncertainty, to know what comes next, that’s almost been the dominant aim of industrialized societies, and having got there, or almost got there, we have just encountered a new set of unmet needs. We’ve privileged safety over experience and we’ve gained a lot in doing so, but I think we’ve lost something too.”

The first aphorism that could be analyzed is “No gains without pains”, This could mean that it is necessary to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make a progress in life. Another example might be “There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies”. This one might point out that if a person can be mentally and physically lazy. the last one, we can mentions is “The rotten apple spoils his companion”. This aphorism might mean that if a person is rotten in a group, he/she can spoil others.