Quotes about "Diversity & Inclusion"

Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality. ”

Techno-humanism aims to amplify the power of humans, creating cyborgs and connecting humans to computers, but it still sees human interests and desires as the highest authority in the universe. ”

Until about 30,000 years ago, there were at least five other species of humans on the planet. Homo Sapiens, our ancestors, lived mainly in East Africa, and you had the Neanderthal in Europe, Homo Erectus in part of Asia, and so forth. ”

Modernity is a deal. The entire contract can be summarised in a single phrase: humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power. ”

Take Google Maps or Waze. On the one hand, they amplify human ability - you are able to reach your destination faster and more easily. But at the same time, you are shifting the authority to the algorithm and losing your ability to find your own way. ”

Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it's craving for more. ”

The basic human reaction to pleasure is not satisfaction, but rather craving for more. Hence, no matter what we achieve, it only increases our craving, not our satisfaction. ”

The problem is that modern fundamental physics is so far from you and me. The mathematics has become so much more complicated that you need at least 10 years to understand it. Fundamental physics has advanced so far from the understanding of most people that there is really a big disconnect. ”

It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings. ”

I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want. ”