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Will Steffen Quotes: "I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change."

I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.



Will Steffen Quotes: "Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience."

Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience.




Will Steffen Quotes: "Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there."

Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there.



Will Steffen Quotes: "If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite."

If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite.




Will Steffen Quotes: "Finding mechanisms for putting carbon back into landscapes enhances biodiversity. More biodiverse ecosystems store more carbon, more securely and are more resilient to the impacts of climate change."

Finding mechanisms for putting carbon back into landscapes enhances biodiversity. More biodiverse ecosystems store more carbon, more securely and are more resilient to the impacts of climate change.



Will Steffen Quotes: "It's not just enough to survive. We've got to make something better than what we've got."

It's not just enough to survive. We've got to make something better than what we've got.



Will Steffen Quotes: "Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero."

Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero.




Will Steffen Quotes: "There is no such thing as garbage, just useful stuff in the wrong place."

There is no such thing as garbage, just useful stuff in the wrong place.



Will Steffen Quotes: "Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens."

Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens.



Will Steffen Quotes: "At its very heart, Worldchanging is about using the best of people's new ideas, bringing them together and applying them to the massive problems that we all face."

At its very heart, Worldchanging is about using the best of people's new ideas, bringing them together and applying them to the massive problems that we all face.



Will Steffen Quotes: "In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change."

In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.



Will Steffen Quotes: "Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor."

Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor.




Will Steffen Quotes: "Cabbies in particular seem to like discussing the fate the Earth."

Cabbies in particular seem to like discussing the fate the Earth.



Will Steffen Quotes: "We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible."

We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.



Will Steffen Quotes: "The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it."

The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.



Will Steffen Quotes: "By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it."

By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it.



Will Steffen Quotes: "I read once that sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks ahead."

I read once that sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks ahead.



Will Steffen Quotes: "The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of energy and make it sustainable is not actually congruent with reality."

The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of energy and make it sustainable is not actually congruent with reality.



Will Steffen Quotes: "It's not that hard to imagine the natural world recovering it's health in our absence: it's more difficult, and more necessary, to imagine it recovering its health in our presence."

It's not that hard to imagine the natural world recovering it's health in our absence: it's more difficult, and more necessary, to imagine it recovering its health in our presence.



Will Steffen Quotes: "What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine."

What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine.



Will Steffen Quotes: "Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience."

Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience.



Will Steffen Quotes: "Kids born today will see us navigate past the first greatest test of humanity, which is: can we actually be smart enough to live on a planet without destroying it?"

Kids born today will see us navigate past the first greatest test of humanity, which is: can we actually be smart enough to live on a planet without destroying it?