Collapse Quote by Barbara Marx Hubbard

The underlying reason for convergence seems to be that all organisms are under constant scrutiny of natural selection and are also subject to the…

— Simon Conway Morris

We — mankind — stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device — our consciousness of the crisis — as our unique contribution.

— Margaret Mead

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again,…

— Daniel Dennett

“The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops.”

— Fritjof Capra

We can and do control the direction of our own evolution.

— Jasmuheen

If the positive innovations connect exponentially before the massive breakdowns reinforce one another, the system can re-pattern itself to a higher order of consciousness…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Evolution is a trajectory through multidimensional space, in which every step of the way has to represent a body capable of surviving and reproducing…

— Richard Dawkins

I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience.

— Jonas Salk

Evolution: The Modern Synthesis.

— Julian Huxley

The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results…

— Fritjof Capra

Our task now is to resynthesize biology; put the organism back into its environment; connect it again to its evolutionary past; and let us…

— Carl Woese

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

— Brian Eno