I want us to save the creation-not just care about it, but to save it.

The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.

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

Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory. It comprises what we know of the material world with reasonable certainty. . . . Thanks to science and technology, access to factual information of all kinds is rising exponentially.

Genius is the summed production of the many with the names of the few attached for easy recall.

Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. We thrash about. We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger to ourselves and to the rest of life.

I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.