If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
E. O. WILSONBecause the living environment is what really sustains us.
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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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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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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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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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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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