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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.

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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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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.
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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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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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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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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