Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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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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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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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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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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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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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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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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