The Problem Of The Chimps Is That

Every Individual Matters. Every Individual Has A Role To Play. Every Individual Makes A Difference.

Even When It Comes To Things Like Wars Over Oil, Which May Seem Like A Whole Different Ball Game, There Are Still Comparisons One Can Draw: Chimps Fight For Their Territory; They Fight For The Resources Within That Territory, So It Does Relate In A Way.

Language Allows Us To Talk About The Past And Plan The Future. We Can Teach Children About Things That Are Not Present. And Above All, We Can Bring People With Different Backgrounds And Different Knowledge Together To Discuss Our Problems. This Actually Gives Me Hope. I Still Think We Are Smart Enough To Not Destroy Planet Earth, Our Only Home.

If We Kill Off The Wild, Then We Are Killing A Part Of Our Souls.

Without The Heart To Ground It And Open It To Who We Really Can Be As Human Beings, The Brain Is A Very Dangerous Machine. A Machine That Is Saying: We've Got To Have Economic Growth; We've Got To Have Unending Economic Growth, Otherwise Societies Will Collapse. And Yet There Should Be Something Saying: Wait A Minute, This Isn't Going To Work.