“You begin paying more attention to what you're seeing when you know the names... If you don't know the names of plant and animal species that share your neighbourhood, you don't care about them and can't protect biodiversity.” IfsKnowsCareNamesAnimalAttentionSeeingShareProtectPlantSpeciesDon't CareBiodiversityPlants And AnimalsNeighbourhoods Author:Robert Bateman
“Our neighborhood - this solar system, the cosmos, actually - is so much more vast and amazing than the paltry headlines, insanity, and politics crammed at us daily as so-called news. The beauty of the hood and discoveries that await us are deserving of our attention and mandatory to our survival as a species.” AttentionNewsSurvivalDiscoverySpeciesInsanityCosmosNeighborhoodDeservingHeadlinesHoodSolar System Author:Vanna Bonta
“Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet the attention of everyone to understand where we've come from and where we might be going. We need to understand the world around us if we are to succeed as a species on the planet.” IfsWorldNeedsShouldDoeMatterMightEarthAttentionPlanetsDevelopmentEvolutionSucceedSpeciesEvolution Of Life Author:Sylvia Earle
“Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.” KnowsWellsAsksPowerfulPayAttentionTaughtEmptySpeciesStartingPay AttentionFlexibilityCognitiveTaught UsLearnersCognitive ScienceEmpty Heads Author:Paul Bloom
“Both ground- rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without any care or attention of his own. The annual produce of the land and labour of the society, the real wealth and revenue of the great body of the people, might be the same after such a tax as before. Ground-rents, and the ordinary rent of land are, therefore, perhaps the species of revenue which can best bear to have a peculiar tax imposed upon them.” PeopleRealBodyMightCareEnjoyWealthAttentionCasesLandProduceBearsTaxesOrdinarySpeciesLabourOwnersPeculiarRevenueAnnualsReal Wealth Book:An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2 Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2
“Humans are a young species, and my little life abides in a very big place, where epochs glide by as swiftly as the mongoose. And strangely enough, when we put our human concerns into their proper, small place, we can turn our attention completely to the small things. To a cricket hidden in a crack of lava. To each other.” HumansLittlesEnoughBigsYoungTurnsAttentionConcernSpeciesCracksCricketSmall ThingsLavaSmall PlacesMongoose Author:Sallie Tisdale