Home
Authors
Topics
Quote of the Day
Home
Authors
Topics
Quote of the Day
Home
Authors
Topics
Quote of the Day
Top 100 Quotes
Professions
Nationalities
Ramez Naam Quotes
Popular Authors
Lailah Gifty Akita
Debasish Mridha
Sunday Adelaja
Matshona Dhliwayo
Israelmore Ayivor
Mehmet Murat ildan
Billy Graham
Anonymous
Egyptian
&
American
-
Author
&
Technologist
June 01, 1972
Egyptian
&
American
-
Author
&
Technologist
June 01, 1972
Every attempt through history to limit the definition of humanity has been a prelude to the subjugation, degradation, and slaughter of innocents.
Ramez Naam
But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are so many out there that need our help?
Ramez Naam
Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special?It doesn't.
Ramez Naam
The world has a very serious problem, my friend' Shiva went on. 'Poor children still die by their millions. Westerners and the global rich -- like me -- live in post-scarcity society, while a billion people struggle to get enough to eat. And we're pushing the planet towards a tipping point, where the corals die and the forests burn and life becomes much, much harder. We have the resources to solve those problems, even now, but politics and economics and nationalism all get in the way. If we could access all those minds, though...
Ramez Naam
Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set our children on the best path possible have been the fundamental driving forces of all of human history. Without these urges to ‘play God’, the world as we know it wouldn’t exist today.
Ramez Naam