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.
E. O. WILSONTrue character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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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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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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