If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
E. O. WILSONWilling 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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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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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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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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