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“We will merge with AI and augment ourselves with millions of times the computational power that our biology gave us.”
"What separates you from an earthworm is not the unit of intelligence itself—neurons—but how these units are wired together."
“When combined with native talent, foreign talent vastly expands the horizon of what we can accomplish together. That’s the foundation of every benefit immigrants bring to our society.”
"First, Medicine 3.0 places a far greater emphasis on prevention than treatment."
"The world of the past few decades has been the best it will ever be in our lifetime. Instead of cheap and better and faster, we’re rapidly transitioning into a world that’s pricier and worse and slower. Because the world—our world—is breaking apart."
"Addiction is not a sign of weakness or moral failing. It's a sign that we are human, with brains that are wired to seek out pleasure and avoid pain."
"There are three things that create a reserve currency: a strong economy, a strong military, and an open capital account. The United States has all three, but its relative position is declining, while China's is rising."
"When you lift up women, you lift up humanity."
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“Every group of people I ask thinks the world is more frightening, more violent, and more hopeless—in short, more dramatic—than it really is.”
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"Perhaps among the other universes in the multiverse, there is a new home for us."
"The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of human well-being."
"When it comes to creating and sustaining culture, what matters is not the content of any one message, but its tone."
"AI has the potential to fundamentally alter what it means to be human, but we need to ensure that we retain control over our own destiny."
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"Our behavior is shaped by a complex web of influences, including genetics, epigenetics, hormones, brain development, culture, and socialization."
"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills."
"The Blank Slate is the denial of the deep roots of human nature. It is the idea that we are all born as blank slates, but that society can mold us into whatever it wants us to be."
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"How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined."
"Our future will be shaped by the answers we find to these questions: What do we want to become? What do we want to want?"
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"Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you."
"Innovation requires a long-term perspective and a willingness to invest in research and development, even when the benefits may not be immediate."
"The most important thing I have learned from space travel is that we are all in this together. We all have a responsibility to take care of our planet and to treat each other with kindness and respect."
"Extremists have shown what frightens them most: a girl with a book."
"The real danger is not terrorists, but a government that tries to control every aspect of our lives in the name of security."
"History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves."
"Science made the bomb possible, but it was politics that brought it into existence."
"War brings out the worst and the best in human nature."
"Climate change is a global problem, and we need a global solution that includes all countries and sectors of society."
"The relationship between democracy and capitalism has always been uneasy, yet it is the balance between the two that has driven progress."
"Black Swans are large-scale, unpredictable, and rare events beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance, and technology."
"The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology."
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"Our food system has the single biggest impact on the climate. It affects every inch of our planet and every creature on it."