“Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and bein...” — Douglas Coupland Quote

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin.

I think most people either forget or don't know that Microsoft only hires people with I.Q.'s well over 130.

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it.

The advent of cellphones may, in the end, be no more relevant than the ability of laptops to change our written documents into ones using cool new fonts.

If I had a billion dollars, that's not going to keep me out of the courtroom.

Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get five-dollar nets to 500 million people?

Over two billion people in China and India need commodities to grow their economies and improve their living standards.

Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make.