118 Quotes by Jeremy Rifkin

You can't get a guarantee that genes are going to turn on and off the way you want them to. You're dealing with life. It's too unpredictable.

The global financial collapse exposed the longstanding myth that commercial exchange is a primary institution. There are no examples in history where people created commercial markets and exchange before creating a culture.

Basic income is not a utopia, it’s a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey.

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn’t make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does.

The democratization of manufacturing means that anyone and eventually everyone can access the means of production, making the question of who should own and control the means of production irrelevant, and capitalism along with it.

The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast redistribution of power, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today’s centralized, top-down flow of energy, controlled by global oil companies and utilities, could become obsolete.

Starvation does not occur because of a world food shortage. If everyone ate a vegetarian, or better still, a vegan diet there would be enough food for everyone. The only sane way forward is to grow food for humans rather than to feed it to farmed animals...

Studies conducted around the world have shown a close correlation between materialist values, depression, and substance abuse.

When I empathize, I feel the frailty and transitory nature of another’s existence. To empathize is to root for the other to flourish and experience the full potential of their short abide.