"The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now."

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Source : "Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future". Interview with John Gehl, ubiquity.acm.org. July 2000.

Ralph Merkle

#Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Conflict Quotes

“So there'll be no guiding light for you and me We are not sailors lost out on the sea We were always headed toward eternity Hoping for a glimpse of Galilee”
“We might as well give in to the tug of our spirits to explore this confounding and wondrous world. We might as well greet each other as endless pilgrims and bid each other well on our way. Because we're already on the road...”
“I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.”
“I would like to say we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future.”
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”
“The common workshop goal is revision, not suicide.”
“The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it wouldnot be praiseworthy, and would be a form of hypocrisy, which is one of the evils of Pride. The man who is falsely humble, we know from our own experience, is one who is falsely proud.”

Source : Henry Fairlie (2015). “The Seven Deadly Sins Today”, p.47, University of Notre Dame Pess
“The only difference about us in here and you guys out there is we're braver for about 15 minutes longer. That's it.”

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