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> [James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the new Promethean spirit of the age, and humanity made its first tentative steps into an industrial way of life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/james-watt-patented-his-steam-engine-on-the-eve-of-the-american/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

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## More by Jeremy Rifkin

> [Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/here-we-are-17-years-later-those-agencies-never-did-come-through/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [“raises an interesting question about the new corporate giants that are colonizing large swaths of virtual space. He asks, “how hard would it be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/raises-an-interesting-question-about-the-new-corporate-giants-that/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [“It is not uncommon in the modern world for people to retreat into the world of books to escape from the realities of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/it-is-not-uncommon-in-the-modern-world-for-people-to-retreat-into-the/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/using-less-of-the-earth-s-resources-more-efficiently-and-productively/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/the-greenhouse-crisis-is-the-bill-coming-due-for-the-industrial/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/president-obama-i-voted-for-him-i-think-he-s-a-mature-politician-but/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/the-eu-constitution-is-something-new-in-human-history-though-it-is/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/many-of-the-mainstream-agricultural-scientists-especially-at-the/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [The prospect of cheap fusion energy is the worst thing that could happen to the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/the-prospect-of-cheap-fusion-energy-is-the-worst-thing-that-could/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [Turning points in human consciousness occur when new energy regimes converge with new communications revolutions, creating new economic eras.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/turning-points-in-human-consciousness-occur-when-new-energy-regimes/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [“consider the fact that a journey from New York to Chicago by stagecoach would have taken three weeks or more in 1847. By 1857,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/consider-the-fact-that-a-journey-from-new-york-to-chicago-by/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [Humanity cannot afford to acknowledge all of the blood that it spills and the destruction it inflicts on the world in its effort to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/humanity-cannot-afford-to-acknowledge-all-of-the-blood-that-it-spills/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/when-i-empathize-i-feel-the-frailty-and-transitory-nature-of-another/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/many-of-the-genetically-modified-foods-will-be-safe-i-m-sure-will/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

> [What type of new economical system can organize this system? There is another sector in our life, that we rely on every single day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/what-type-of-new-economical-system-can-organize-this-system-there-is/)

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