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  • The only reason Toronto is no longer the dullest city on earth is that it is no longer full of Anglo-Canadians. It is full of Hong Kong Chinese. And not a few Italians.

  • The physician who waits until dead certain of a diagnosis before acting is likely to wind up with a dead patient. Sometimes things develop so rapidly that only early action-back when you're still somewhat uncertain-stands a chance of being effective, as in catching cancer before it metastasizes.

    Cancer   Wind   Waiting  
    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.183, Broadway Books
  • The theory of meaning says that joining and serving in things larger than you that you believe in while using your highest strengths is a recipe for meaning.

  • Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age. It is about human transformation.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.11, Broadway Books
  • Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.161, Broadway Books
  • In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.109, Broadway Books
  • The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.114, Broadway Books
  • There is one thing we know about meaning, that meaning consists in attachment to something bigger than you are. The larger the thing that you can credibly attach yourself to, the more meaning you get out of life.

  • The essence of being human is being creative.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.263, Broadway Books
  • The next frontier is our own selves.

    Self   Next   Evolution  
  • The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it damn well pleases.

    Animal   Law   Training  
  • It is time to rekindle the spirit of the Renaissancee to achieve a golden age that will be a turning point for human productivity and quality of life.

    Age   Quality   Golden  
    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.112, Broadway Books
  • In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.220, Broadway Books
  • The inflection point at which we have arrived is one in which we are increasingly seizing the keys to all creation, as astonding as that might seem.

    Keys   Might   Evolution  
    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.11, Broadway Books
  • We are at an inflection point in history.

    "Radical Evolution". The Washington Post Article, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2006.
  • Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.

  • Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact in time-consuming and meaningful ways... You're flitting from one place to another. You're more likely to pursue superficial engagements rather than deep pursuits. It contributes to this certain MTV approach to life where you engage in something for a few minutes and then there's a commercial... You have to get a grip on reality. Unless you know what is real-what is a real friendship and relationship-neither can have an effect on you.

  • There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.260, Broadway Books
  • If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

    Caves   World   Dry  
  • Informing all of Carson's work was the idea that although human beings are part of nature, we are distinguished by our power to alter it irreversibly.

    Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.154, Broadway Books
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower changed America forever with the creation of the interstate highway program.

    Joel Garreau (2011). “Edge City: Life on the New Frontier”, p.14, Anchor
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