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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.

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It’s obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life – for 8 billion or more people – without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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