Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.

Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.

Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.