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“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. 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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“Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.”
― The Future of Life
― The Future of Life
“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”
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“Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. We thrash about. We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger to ourselves and to the rest of life.”
― The Social Conquest of Earth
― The Social Conquest of Earth
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”
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Véronique’s 2025 Year in Books
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