James Leonard

“The denial of climate change poses an existential threat to the stability of civilization— a position that lands squarely amid conservative platforms, although there's been some progress over the years. Initially, the conservative battle cry was denial, which later morphed into an admission that climate change is real, but humans aren't causing it.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“Upwards of 97 percent of climate scientists agree that our industrialized civilization, sculpted from highly transportable, energy-dense fossil fuels, is boosting Earth's greenhouse effect, which is melting glacial ice and will eventually flood all coastal cities of the world.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“Knowledge of your mortality may also be a force unto itself— the urge to achieve, and the need to express love and affection now, not later.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“Earth is instead a giant killing machine. Holding aside all the climactic and geologic forces that would just as soon have you dead, such as droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, there's no end of creatures that want to suck your blood, inject you with venom, infect your physiology, or simply eat you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization