Best Jeremy Rifkin Quotes
- The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast redistribution of power, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today's centralized, top-down flow of energy, controlled by global… Become Obsolete
- We're finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it's going to be a big one: the ecological… Age
- We're creating multiple personas. We're creating a thespian sense of personality where we see ourselves as works of art, and we see everything in our… Art
- The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them. Engineered
- The revolution here is from hierarchical to lateral power. That's the power shift. So increasingly a younger generation that's grown up on the internet and… Centralized
- They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food… All
- Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey. Basic
- 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 first… Clear
- Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows. Foods
- The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. Any
- The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a… Crop
- What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether. Allow
- Companies that actually survive and flourish are going to change their business model from production to aggregating the networks and the network services and solutions.… Actually Survive
- The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die… Affluence
- The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over… Activist
- We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and… Entering
- The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation… Antitrust
- One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this. Accompli
- The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they… Allergenic
- A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's… Absurd
- In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't… All
- 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 -… Ability
- We have come to discover what we suspect is a new political mindset emerging among a younger generation of political leaders socialized on Internet communications.… Among
- The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the… Antitrust
- I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential… Advance