It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.

Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey.

You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.

The world's environment can no longer handle beef.

Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse?

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether.

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.

We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and services for the global population.

The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive majority.

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

We all come back to our little worlds.

By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves.

I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Human faces are such a world!

The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.

I started doing improv my sophomore year.

Space travel is utter bilge. I don't think anybody will ever put up enough money to do such a thing. . . . It is all rather rot.

To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating.