"We can now see the rings of Saturn, the atoms of a molecule, the valves inside the human heart, and the entire earth rising above the moon's horizon. We can hear the recorded voices of speakers who have long since died, the music of whales at the bottom of the sea, and the cries of a baby trapped in an abandoned well a thousand miles away. We can walk down the aisle of a plane traveling twice the speed of sound, leave Europe at lunchtime and arrive the same day in New York for a late breakfast. We can grasp the levers of a giant crane and, like Atlas, lift the weight of a thousand men."
-- Vice President Al Gore, Earth in the Balance
"Think of it. ... We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all, to feed everybody, clothe everybody, give every human on Earth a chance. We dwell instead on petty things. We kill each other. We build monuments to ourselves. What a waste of time. Think of it. What a chance we have..."
-- Buckminster Fuller
