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This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior, the contours of self-interest are altered and new values rush into the vacuum.

~ William Powers

William Powers Bolivia Conservation Values

Someday, it will be hard to remember why we were once so fired up about 3G connectivity and the wonders of mobile broadband. Seamless, lightning-fast connectedness will be a given everywhere on Earth, and today's gadgets will be quaint museum pieces. At that point, all we'll care about is what kind of life these devices have created for us. And if it isn't a good life, we'll wonder what we did wrong.

~ William Powers

William Powers Breathing Philosophy Technology

Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things. We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next generation; they typically preserve the environment for the ten-thousandth generation. While human industrial processes can produce Kevlar, it takes a temperature of thousands of degrees to do it, and the fiber is pulled through sulfuric acid. In contrast, a spider makes its silk - which per gram is several times stronger than steel - at room temperature in water.

~ William Powers

William Powers Animals Environment Humans Kevlar Preservation Silk Spider Steel

By being grateful, appreciating all we have instead of focusing on what is lacking, we allow more of the same to flow toward us.

~ William Powers

William Powers Appreciation Gratefulness
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