"The drive to be useful is encoded in our genes. But when we gather in very large numbers, as in the modern nation-state, we seem capable of levels of folly and self-destruction to be found nowhere else in all of nature. But if we keep at it and keep alive, we are in for one surprise after another. We can build structures for human society never seen before, thoughts never heard before, music never heard before."
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"It's all about patience and persistence - you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he or she will begin to like it. So keep trying!"
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"Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck."
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