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“Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "To make away with or destroy; to waste or to squander; to use up." The economies that cater to the global consumer society are responsible for the lion's share of the damage that humans have inflicted on common global resources.”

Humans Mean Use Common Economy Share Economic Waste Resources Responsible Definitions Consumers Damage Appropriate Goods Lions Consumerism Economist Dictionary Overconsumption Oxford

Author:Alan Thein Durning

“Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it must be thrown overboard. The fact that such an extraordinary opinion should be expressed in responsible scientific quarters is widely taken to be significant of the all-round unreliability of human knowledge. This indeed is a very serious situation.”

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“Human beings, joined in collaboration with the gifts of grace, are responsible for the planet and its future.”

Humans Human Beings Grace Planets Responsible Collaboration

Book:Finding time & other delicacies

Source: Finding time & other delicacies

“Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm's Human Resources department.”

Humans Authority Resources Responsible Firm Department Iron Fists Jane Gloves Human Resources Velvet Wrapping

Author:Alain de Botton