African Cavalry Mounted On Rhinos Or Hippos

With The Macarthur Grant, I Realized That People Have High Expectations Of Me, That They Were Placing Me In This Group Of Achievers. I Compared What Id Actually Achieved In My Life With What I Would Like To Achieve And What Other People Have Achieved, And I Found That Comparison Depressing.

People Often Ask, "what Is The Single Most Important Environmental Population Problem Facing The World Today?" A Flip Answer Would Be, "the Single Most Important Problem Is Our Misguided Focus On Identifying The Single Most Important Problem!

Ahead Of Me Lies The Familiar Litany: Weakening Of The Heart, Hardening Of The Arteries, Increasing Brittleness Of Bones, Decreases In Kidney Filtration Rates, Lower Resistance Of The Immune System, And Loss Of Memory. The List Could Be Extended Almost Indefinitely. Evolution Seems Indeed To Have Arranged Things So That All Our Systems Deteriorate, And That We Invest In Repair Only As Much As We Are Worth.

Much Of Human History Has Consisted Of Unequal Conflicts Between The Haves And The Have-nots.

African Cavalry Mounted On Rhinos Or Hippos Would Have Made Mincemeat Of European Cavalry Mounted On Horses. But It Couldnt Happen.