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Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes

[On the birther movement:] Here we are, quadrillions of bytes deep into the Information Age. And yet information, it seems, has never mattered less Picture Quote #1

Right now, in the amazing moment that to us counts as the present, we are deciding, without quite meaning to, which evolutionary pathways will remain open and which will forever be closed. No other creature has ever managed this and it will, unfortunately, be our most enduring legacy Picture Quote #1

Increasingly developing countries are asking for aid to help deal with the consequences of climate change, which we don’t want to give Picture Quote #1

You’re an animal that needs to move across the landscape, you can’t anymore, and that’s another way we’re just changing the surface of the Earth in very dramatic ways Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to do everything, everything’s got to be pointing in the same direction and you’ve got to really turn this whole economic engine from one that’s based on fossil fuels to one that isn’t Picture Quote #1

Humans will eventually become extinct. People treat that as a radical thing to say. But the fossil record shows us that everything eventually becomes extinct Picture Quote #1

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There are a lot of things that we could do to minimize what we’re doing, but we’re not getting back those frogs that I saw that no longer exist Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world Picture Quote #1

People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes Picture Quote #1

It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the processnof doing Picture Quote #1

In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches Picture Quote #1

Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear that he ever really did Picture Quote #1

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What’s the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true? Picture Quote #1

Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world Picture Quote #1

As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years Picture Quote #1

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[On the birther movement:] Here we are, quadrillions of bytes deep into the Information Age. And yet information, it seems, has never mattered less (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) Right now, in the amazing moment that to us counts as the present, we are deciding, without quite meaning to, which evolutionary pathways will remain open and which will forever be closed. No other creature has ever managed this and it will, unfortunately, be our most enduring legacy. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) Increasingly developing countries are asking for aid to help deal with the consequences of climate change, which we don’t want to give. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) You’re an animal that needs to move across the landscape, you can’t anymore, and that’s another way we’re just changing the surface of the Earth in very dramatic ways. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) You’ve got to do everything, everything’s got to be pointing in the same direction and you’ve got to really turn this whole economic engine from one that’s based on fossil fuels to one that isn’t. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) Humans will eventually become extinct. People treat that as a radical thing to say. But the fossil record shows us that everything eventually becomes extinct. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) There are a lot of things that we could do to minimize what we’re doing, but we’re not getting back those frogs that I saw that no longer exist. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world. (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the processnof doing (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear that he ever really did (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) What’s the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true? (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes) As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years (Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes)