We can expand our circle of sympathy – we can employ the logic of impartiality, and the emotional prompts of human contact and vicarious experience, and expand our fellow-feeling from our family to our clan, our nation, tribe, and from there to all of humanity and even other sentient beings.
— Steven Pinker Cognitive Scientist & Psychologist Known for Research on Language and Human NatureOnce you have transparency on impact, why would you tax all companies for the damage caused by some? You would tax the ones who create the damage. I hope we therefore shift to a fairer taxation system that improves the position of governments.
True courage isn't present without fear. How can one be brave without confronting what scares them? When you witness someone tackling extreme or perilous tasks without any sign of fear, it doesn't reflect courage.
By the middle of century, the temperature and humidity in parts of the world will be so high at parts of the year that the human system will not be able to cool itself, you are effectively being cooked. One of the places this will happen first, with potentially grave consequences, is the Arabian Peninsula- disrupting Hajj.
Everyone on the team strongly believes in the mission. This is the one thing we want to work on in our lives, and multiple people share that same sentiment. We've fallen in love with a very stubborn technical challenge. Convincing others is always hard—it requires conviction on both sides. What we've demonstrated is small-team speed: speed in hiring, speed in getting strong results, and speed in refining our intellectual understanding.
History is not linear, like the chapters of a book… History moves through seasons, and so winters are inevitable.
The myth of women's inferiority is the product of a social system that has produced and fostered countless other inequalities, inferiorities, degradations, and discriminations. The ripple effects of the creation of these systems continue to this day – to the point where they are deeply embedded into society.
We must start by eliminating a culture that falsely implies the existence of agency where there is none and condones differential treatment of individuals based on a misguided notion of self-control.
It took me a long time to figure out that the sensation I was having was anxiety- it's a real, physical, feeling that manifests within you. It's so much more than just being 'in your head' it's your whole body.
We are literally right now living through one of the biggest revolutions in human history, certainly in medicine, and most people aren't even aware that it's about to happen.
Looking at the bond market to provide you protection from inflation is a fools game. If you are really worried about inflation- you have to buy stocks.
If you start with a solution, there's a risk you might construct something that no one finds useful, leading to immense frustration. But when you centre your efforts on the problem, it serves as the guiding North Star of your journey.
It is precisely because of all those years of anticipating and designing for failure that they are alive today.