If Earth is not a harmonious whole, where does the idea of nature as an ideally balanced and interconnected system come

The world’s problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom. Julian Simon,

Left-wing and right-wing political ideologies have themselves become secular religions, providing people with a community of like-minded brethren, a catechism of sacred beliefs, a well-populated demonology, and a beatific confidence in the righteousness of their cause. Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and

“The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.… What is bought with money … is purchased by labour.”

Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting

last year was just a groundswell of articles, and, in addition, there have been articles about human extinction.”

Clayton Christensen (1952–2020) of the Harvard Business School, for example, wrote about disruptive innovations (a new product or service that starts operating from the low end of the market, slowly moves up the value chain, and finally replaces the incumbent product or service), sustaining innovations (an innovation that aims to improve the

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Robert E. Litan’s 2014 book, Trillion Dollar Economists.