“Spin-off technologies are changing the culture. Even if you don't become an engineer you could be a poet, a journalist, a lawyer, but you will be thinking innovation and your actions within society, who you vote for, what you value, all become a participant in an innovation economy.” IfsThinkingActionValuesCultureTechnologyEconomyPoetVoteInnovationLawyerJournalistEngineersParticipants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Emotional truths woven by lawyers in the court of law are apparently more important than the truths of actual events. I have grown to fear for those whose innocence became trapped within the legal system.” ImportantLawCultureEventsEmotionalCourtLawyerInnocenceTrappedWovenLegal System Book:The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist Source: The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
“The word smart is not applied to all professions, even if you are smart in that profession. No one talks about smart lawyers. They may say a brilliant lawyer. They'll talk about a creative artist. Smart is saved for scientists. It just is. It's not even really applied to medical doctors. It applies to scientists in the lab figuring out what hadn't been figured out before.” IfsMayArtistCultureCreativeSmartDoctorsScientistProfessionBrilliantLawyerMedicalSavedLabsCreative ArtCreative ArtistsMedical Doctor Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson