“Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related disease.” ImportantReasonAgeSeeingDiseasePopulationCancerRelatedAgeing Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.” PeopleMindLongImportantMatterEnoughHandsRunningGrowthKnowledgeEconomicEffectsCostMouthsEconomicsOvercomingSizePopulationIntellectContributionLong RunsSmart PeopleKnowledge Is PowerPopulation GrowthUseful Knowledge Author:Julian Simon
“The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much as, or more than, hands or mouths.” MindImportantMatterHandsGrowthBenefitsMouthsIncreaseSizePopulationUseful Knowledge Book:The Ultimate Resource 2 Source: The Ultimate Resource 2
“Re. the Caribbean Conservation Corporation Everybody in the organization has subscribed to the original concept that its most important attributes are a single-minded resistance to any distraction from the central aim of keeping watch over the Tortuguero nesting colony and a determination to make it the most thoroughly studied sea turtle population in the world.” WorldImportantWatchesSeaConceptsDeterminationOrganizationOriginalsAimPopulationResistanceCorporationsDistractionAttributesConservationMarineColonyCaribbeanTurtlesSea Turtle Author:Archie Carr
“We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a larger population and more kids to educate. We know that the single most important thing in terms of how well we can compete around the world is the quality of our workforce. We can't do that to our kids.” KnowsWorldYearsWellsImportantKidsTermLevelsQualitySituationImportant ThingsPopulationSpendingDespiteAround The WorldEducateLowestWorkforceEducation Spending Author:Barack Obama