Precautionary Principle Quotes

“Kaufman’s law of society and the natural environment: Concern and care for the natural environment grows in proportion to a community’s (nation’s) affluence.
Kaufman’s law of population growth: A nation’s birth rate and population growth will decline as its affluence ascends.
Kaufman’s First Law of Human Powers: No enhancement of human powers can be successfully prohibited.

Kaufman’s Second Law of Human Powers: Every enhancement of human powers will be developed to its maximum economic and political utility.

Kaufman’s Third Law of Human Powers: Every enhancement of human powers will have both negative and positive potential for a large part of humanity; which potential becomes most important depends on political systems and ideology.”
― Wallace Kaufman