« I have addressed here only some of the major challenges facing humanity. If it fails to tackle it responsibly, it may well confirm the hypothesis, put forward by Ernst Mayr, a great figure in modern biology, that the appearance of a higher intelligence is an evolutionary error whose duration will have been very short. »

« For advertisers what matters today (as in the 19th century) is first of all the purchasing power of viewers readers, not their number. »

« One of the things `the power holders` want is a passive, quiet population. Therefore, one of the things you can do to make their existence uncomfortable is to be neither passive nor quiet. There are lots of ways to do it. Even simply asking questions can have a significant effect. Protests, written letters and votes can all be helpful; it depends on the situation. But there is one point of paramount importance: sustained and organized action is needed. If you participate in an event and then go home, that is something; but the people in power can handle it very well. What they can't stand is the organizations that continue their actions, the people who are always learning from the last time and who are working to do better next time. No system of power, even if it is a fascist dictatorship, is indifferent to public dissent. »