"Science," of course, replaced "God" as a guiding concept for many people after Darwin. Or, really, the two were rolled up into a sticky ball. To some degree this was mindless worship of a miracle future, the pursuit of which has landed us in the fix we now inhabit.
Bill McKibbenA voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.
Bill McKibbenColonialism of one kind or another, imperialism of one kind or another, and slavery, and on and on and on.
Bill McKibben[Barack Obama] done some good things, he's done a couple of bad things. He's obsessed with this all of the above energy policy and... lots and lots of drilling in the States, so he's been weak on it.
Bill McKibben