“After my cancer diagnosis this year, I was offered a choice of treatme...” — George Monbiot Quote

“After my cancer diagnosis this year, I was offered a choice of treatments. I wanted to make an informed decision. This meant reading scientific papers. Had I not used the stolen material provided by Sci-Hub, it would have cost me thousands.”

“While arguments rage about plant- versus meat-based diets, new technologies will soon make them irrelevant. Before long, most of our food will come neither from animals nor plants, but from unicellular life.”

“Like coal, capitalism has brought many benefits. But, like coal, it now causes more harm than good.”

“Sometimes I wonder whether anything is learned in conservation, or whether the big NGOs are for ever destined to follow a circular track, endlessly repeating their mistakes.”

“The struggle to save every possible species and ecosystem from the current wave of destruction is worthwhile. One day, perhaps within our lifetimes, they could repopulate a thriving world.”

“A central task for any campaign is to develop a narrative: a short, simple story explaining where we are, how we got here and where we need to go.”

“Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're very likely to be wrong.”

“By recognizing that infectious disease is not some faraway exotic issue but a global problem, and by sharing the responsibility for its prevention, diagnosis, and control, the whole world will be a lot safer.”

“What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal of uncertainty.”

“My mom had a heart attack, and it came out of nowhere - she was 54. My dad had leukemia for about 3 months. He was 80 when he passed. My dad had me later in life, and so he had leukemia and was alive for about 3 months between diagnosis and passing away.”

“When I got my diagnosis, the first thing I did was look up actors and martial artists who had Crohn's. I needed to see other people in my situation to make sure that I could still do the things that gave me joy. Finding those people allowed me to believe I could continue doing what I love.”