Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
E. O. WILSONIdeas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
E. O. WILSONOur brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
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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.
E. O. WILSONThe 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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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
E. O. WILSONYou are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
E. O. WILSONAim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
E. O. WILSONChange will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
E. O. WILSONIn some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
E. O. WILSONDestroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
E. O. WILSONBy any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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.
E. O. WILSONI 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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
E. O. WILSONOne thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
E. O. WILSONScience for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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