What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
What makes the IoT a disruptive technology in the way we organize economic life is that it helps humanity reintegrate itself into… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
I think capitalism will not disappear, but it's going to increasingly not be the exclusive arbiter of economic life. It's going to… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
We need a change in consciousness to go with this technology platform. We need a new narrative: we need to shift from… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
“When you and I feel empathy toward another being-be it human or one of our fellow creatures-it's tinged with the whiff of… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
“raises an interesting question about the new corporate giants that are colonizing large swaths of virtual space. He asks, “how hard would it be… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
“It is not uncommon in the modern world for people to retreat into the world of books to escape from the realities of the… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
Using less of the Earth’s resources more efficiently and productively in a circular economy and making the transition from carbon-based fuels to renewable energies… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
President Obama, I voted for him. I think he's a mature politician, but here's what happened. Obama wanted a green economy. He spent billions… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
The prospect of cheap fusion energy is the worst thing that could happen to the planet. — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
Turning points in human consciousness occur when new energy regimes converge with new communications revolutions, creating new economic eras. — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
“consider the fact that a journey from New York to Chicago by stagecoach would have taken three weeks or more in 1847. By 1857,… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
Humanity cannot afford to acknowledge all of the blood that it spills and the destruction it inflicts on the world in its effort to… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
“When I empathize, I feel the frailty and transitory nature of another's existence. To empathize is to root for the other to flourish and… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows. — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
What type of new economical system can organize this system? There is another sector in our life, that we rely on every single day,… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share
