All this argument is the temperature going up or not, it's absurd. Of course it's going up. It has gone up since… — Reid Bryson Copy Share Image
“Coined by ecologist Eugene Stoermer in the 1980s, but popularized by Dutch chemist Paul Crutzen in 2002, the term Anthropocene refers to… — Cristina Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I think that human beings have gotten as far as we've gotten because of our adaptability, our ability to adapt, and our… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
“At heart, the Industrial Revolution has been a revolution in energy conversion. It has demonstrated again and again that there is no… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Jobs are a centuries-old concept created during the Industrial Revolution. Despite the reality that we're now deep in the Information Age, many… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“The importance of capital in the early Industrial Revolution was so great and so obvious everywhere that it gave rise to several… — Hugh Brogan Copy Share Image
However, the agricultural revolution took thousands of years, the Industrial Revolution took hundreds, and the information revolution only took decades. So, who… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The men who made the Industrial Revolution are usually pictured as hardfaced businessmen with no other motive than self-interest. That is certainly… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“Here are some things we can expect of the New Tribal revolution, based on the experience of the Industrial Revolution.[...] Three: It… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“What we see in the period 1870–1914 is at best a stabilization of inequality at an extremely high level, and in certain… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“that the power of technology will keep increasing, while the price for this power will keep decreasing. With Moore’s Law proving to… — Max Isaacman Copy Share Image
“Without the changes in political institutions and political power similar to those that emerged in England after 1688, there was little chance… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a need to feel a sense of self-worth and self-actualization – that he or she believes his or her existence… — Kai-Fu Lee Copy Share Image
“We will endeavor to halt the Industrial Revolution before it is too late, to regulate population at a reasonable point, to eventually… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made.… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“Throughout history the job market has been divided into three main sectors: agriculture, industry, and services. Up until 1800, most people worked… — GBF Summary Copy Share Image
Because I had visited Silicon Valley, I recognized the microprocessor was going to lead the second industrial revolution. We Chinese could not… — Stan Shih Copy Share Image
Angus Deaton has written a wonderful book, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality. . . . Deaton's book… — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
How this feels is I'm just another task in God's daily planner: The Renaissance pencilled in for right after the Dark Ages.… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“American whale oil lit the world. It was used in the production of soap, textiles, leather, paints, and varnishes, and it lubricated… — Eric Jay Dolin Copy Share Image
The cost reductions for renewable energy continue downward in a very dramatic way. We're in the early stages of a sustainability revolution… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Political power was thus widely dispersed in Somali society, almost pluralistically. But without the authority of a centralized state to enforce order,… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image