“I am an enormous optimist for my species; but it will require the elites, from London to Harvard, from Cambridge to Hollywood, to learn the lessons of the past year. To learn above all a measure of humility.”— Stephen Hawking, theguardian.comTagged: Elitism, Inequality, Social Class, Humility, Intellectuals
“We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, but have not yet developed the ability to escape it.”— Stephen Hawking, theguardian.comTagged: Technology, environment, Nature, Pollution
“Since there are now more people with a telephone than access to clean water in sub-Saharan Africa, this will shortly mean nearly everyone on our increasingly crowded planet will not be able to escape the inequality.”— Stephen Hawking, theguardian.comTagged: Inequality, Social Class, Society, Technology, Capitalism