Quote by Jeremy Rifkin
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and techno

I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. – Jeremy Rifkin

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It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and theres no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic. – Jeremy Rifkin

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The position I took at the time was that we hadnt really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. – Jeremy Rifkin

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environmental
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We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didnt do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate. – Jeremy Rifkin

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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. – Robert A. Heinlein

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History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it. – Rick Warren

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History

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. – Alan Greenspan

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The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. – Peter Berger

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