“Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit?” HumanityGrowsPlanetsMaterialsDisciplineDemandLimitsAppearanceTendenciesDespiteArroganceDelusionToughness Author:Lynn Margulis
“To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of us, not we of it. Our self-inflated moral imperative to guide a wayward Earth, or heal our sick planet, is evidence of our immense capacity for self delusion. Rather, we need to protect ourselves from ourselves.” NeedsHumansSelfCareEarthMovingResponsibilityMoralPlanetsProtectEvidenceCapacitySickTake CareGuidesHealDelusionImmenseRhetoricPowerlessTaking ResponsibilityImperativesSelf DelusionLaughable Author:Lynn Margulis
“The notion of saving the planet has nothing to do with intellectual honesty or science. The fact is that the planet was here long before us and will be here long after us. The planet is running fine. What people are talking about is saving themselves and saving their middle-class lifestyles and saving their cash flow.” PeopleLongFactsRunningTalkingClassMiddleHonestyPlanetsFineIntellectualFlowNotionLifestyleSavingMiddle ClassCashCash FlowIntellectual Honesty Author:Lynn Margulis
