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Jeremy Rifkin Quotes

We’re finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it’s going to be a big one: the ecological collapse of the planet Picture Quote #1

Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through Picture Quote #1

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn’t have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture Picture Quote #1

The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to Picture Quote #1

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence Picture Quote #1

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn’t make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does Picture Quote #1

The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here Picture Quote #1

The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include the whole of humanity and the vast project of life that envelops the Earth Picture Quote #1

We are hopeful that you will want to visit our planet in the near future. We are in the process of restoring our environment to its original grandeur, and hope to have completed the task before your RSVP Picture Quote #1

The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast redistribution of power, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today’s centralized, top-down flow of energy, controlled by global oil companies and utilities, could become obsolete Picture Quote #1

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Companies that actually survive and flourish are going to change their business model from production to aggregating the networks and the network services and solutions. If you’re a construction company or an IT company or a logistics company or an information data operation, to the extent that you can find ways to help build the commons, you can get some commercial value in that Picture Quote #1

Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this Picture Quote #1

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether Picture Quote #1

Basic income is not a utopia, it’s a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey Picture Quote #1

The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences Picture Quote #1

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn’t have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture Picture Quote #1

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So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The world’s environment can no longer handle beef Picture Quote #1

Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse? Picture Quote #1

We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth are its antibodies Picture Quote #1

What I’m suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families Picture Quote #1

The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm Picture Quote #1

What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

They’re now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival Picture Quote #1

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We’re finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it’s going to be a big one: the ecological collapse of the planet (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn’t have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) 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 (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn’t make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include the whole of humanity and the vast project of life that envelops the Earth (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) We are hopeful that you will want to visit our planet in the near future. We are in the process of restoring our environment to its original grandeur, and hope to have completed the task before your RSVP (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast redistribution of power, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today’s centralized, top-down flow of energy, controlled by global oil companies and utilities, could become obsolete (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Companies that actually survive and flourish are going to change their business model from production to aggregating the networks and the network services and solutions. If you’re a construction company or an IT company or a logistics company or an information data operation, to the extent that you can find ways to help build the commons, you can get some commercial value in that (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether. (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Basic income is not a utopia, it’s a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey. (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences. (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn’t have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor. (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) 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. (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The world’s environment can no longer handle beef (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse? (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth are its antibodies (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) What I’m suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) 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 (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) 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 (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes) They’re now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival (Jeremy Rifkin Quotes)

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