We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
E. O. WILSONCompanies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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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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It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
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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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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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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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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.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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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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