“Rationality and the instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will lead us to a planet without countries, without wars, without patriotism, without religions, without poverty, where we will be able to share the world. Actually, maybe I am not sure I truly believe that I believe this, but I do want to believe that I believe this.” WorldWantBelieveLongWarCountryAbleGivenI BelievePovertySharePlanetsPeriodsInstinctProsperityNot SureRegionsCollaborationRationality Author:Carlo Rovelli
“In the old days, land was important as the giver of all things. That period is gone now. Technology and brainpower are all that matters and yet conflicts over land, specially one like on the India-China border, that yields nothing, continue. This is a burden of ancient history that we continue to carry. If tomorrow there is settlement on planet Mars, we will begin to worry if others are interested.” IfsImportantMatterPoliticsTechnologyWorryGoneLandPlanetsTomorrowPeriodsConflictAll ThingsIndiaAncientBurdenChinaBordersYieldMarsGiverOld DaysSettlementAncient History Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“We cannot wholly rely, as though it were Medieval times, [on the notion that] the only reality is what we see in front of us. There are germs. There are changes that are happening in our planet's ecology that are happening over such a long period of time that we cannot see the changes.” LongRealityFrontsPlanetsPeriodsHappeningsNotionRelyEcologyOur PlanetMedievalGermsLong Periods Of TimeMedieval Times Author:John Hodgman
“In some parts of the world, what you are doing is already apparent.According to the World Health Organization, the warming of the planet caused an additional 140,000 deaths in 2004, as compared with the number of deaths there would have been had average global temperatures remained as they were during the period 1961 to 1990. This means that climate change is already causing, every week, as many deaths as occured in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.” WorldMeanHas BeensNumbersWeekPlanetsPeriodsOrganizationClimateClimate ChangeAverageTerroristSeptemberTemperatureSeptember 11Terrorist AttacksWorld HealthSeptember 11 2001World Health Organization Author:Peter Singer
“In the Atlantean period there were many energies being used and information and knowledge being used which were, for particular reasons of safety, withdrawn, shall we say, to prevent complete catastrophe, to prevent total destruction of your planet.” ReasonUsedEnergyInformationParticularPlanetsPeriodsDestructionSafetyCatastrophe Book:The Robots' Rebellion – The Story of Spiritual Renaissance: David Icke’s History of the New World Order Source: The Robots' Rebellion – The Story of Spiritual Renaissance: David Icke’s History of the New World Order
“Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.” YearsMadeLyingBlackWhiteProgressPlanetsPeriodsLet MeFolksAfrican AmericanSpite Author:Dick Gregory
“Certainly whatever climate change and global warming means, we've got a big issue here. Right now, this civilization or this period that we're in is probably going to need the resources off our planet, perhaps the resources from the asteroids, perhaps there will be some on the moon, perhaps some on Mars that we can utilize for our own uses here.” NeedsMeanUseBigsIssuesPlanetsPeriodsCivilizationRight NowMoonResourcesClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingMarsOur PlanetAsteroids Author:Edgar Mitchell
“The early Triassic was a period when the planet was recovering from the worst mass extinction it had ever known - that was the end Permian extinction, where climate change caused in part by mega-volcanic eruptions wiped out ninety-five percent of life on Earth. It took about ten or twenty million years for the planet's ecosystems to stabilize. During that time you saw a lot of weird, out-of-balance ecosystems where, for example, crocodile-like predators ripped the crap out of each other along the coasts.” YearsEndsEarthKnownMillionsFiveSawsWorstExamplePlanetsBalancePeriodsTenMassPercentTwentiesClimateClimate ChangeCrapCoastNinetyExtinctionEcosystemsPredatorRippedRecoveringCrocodilesEruptionMegaMass ExtinctionVolcanic Eruptions Author:Annalee Newitz
“I think there was a long period of time when we got real invested in a youth culture, and not coincidentally it was when the baby boomers, who let's face it, take up a lot of space on the planet, were young.” ThinkingLongRealFacesYoungCultureSpaceYouthPlanetsBabyPeriodsLong Periods Of TimeBoomersYouth CultureBaby Boomer Author:Anna Quindlen
“I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I'm sure scientists of the future, probably after I leave this planet, earth will have a new way of dealing with the internet but I do have a concern in the transition period.” WayEarthHumanityPlanetsInternetPeriodsConcernScientistTransitionNew WaysPlanet EarthAdapting Author:Ahmed H. Zewail