The question that will decide our destiny

“The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.”

— Freeman Dyson

Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: intelligence
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Despite our very recent appearance on the

“Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit?”

— Lynn Margulis

Author: Lynn Margulis
Category: intelligence
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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals

“The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.”

— Walter Lippmann

Author: Walter Lippmann
Category: intelligence
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