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• People are the quintessential element in all technology... Once we recognize the inescapable human nexus of all technology our attitude toward the…
• The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists…
• Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but…
• What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?
• The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.
• A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
• Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
• We can't cure a shortage by increasing the supply.
• Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.
• The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And…
• The exquisite sight, sound, and smell of wilderness is many times more powerful if it is earned through physical achievement, if it…
• Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species

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