“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows in...” — Natalie Kyriacou Quote

“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows into it to attract a mate, billionaires may be engaging in their own form of bellowing and feather-waving with admirable enthusiasm: They are hoping that somewhere, someone is appreciating just how terribly desirable they are.”

“Thus far, environmental policy worldwide is undertaken much like a school group project which tends to involve grand objectives, paired with an unspoken understanding that no one’s really going to follow through. Across the world, the journey to protect the environment has been long, slow and annoying.”

“We have built cities that scrape the sky, machines that think and a global network that allows people to yell at each other at any time of the day, from any part of the world. But when it comes to the question of whether we should keep our own planet habitable, humans remain curiously undecided”

“When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.”

“It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.”

“There is no such thing as "fresh air" to a dog. Air is rich: an olfactory tangle that the dog's nose will diligently unknot.”

“The body is not such a big thing that you can lose everything for it”

“Anyone who's promoting the exact diet that they were in previous years probably isn't keeping up with the latest science, though in general, the balance of evidence has remained remarkably consistent - centering one's diet around whole plant foods.”

“The whole idea of a democratic application of skepticism is that everyone should have the essential tools to effectively and constructively evaluate claims to knowledge.”