#ono

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#cook #destroying #economic #gain #like

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#behavior #choice #corrosive #economic #economic growth

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#having #knowing #like #stars #where

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#duty #ethic #had #honor #i

The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#century #challenges #economic #economic situation #improve

The H-1B visa program which helps sustain our rapidly growing economy and also helps meet the health care needs of families living in rural New Mexico. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#care #economy #families #growing #health

In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#functions #insisting #making #mistake #monopoly

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education. ↗

— Rainn Wilson

#believe #change #economic #education #i

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#communication #define #elite #formula #may

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#confirmed #economics #everyman #history #joyce