4 Quotes by William Powers

Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next generation; they typically preserve the environment for the ten-thousandth generation. While human industrial processes can produce Kevlar, it takes a temperature of thousands of degrees to do it, and the fiber is pulled through sulfuric acid. In contrast, a spider makes its silk - which per gram is several times stronger than steel - at room temperature in water.

This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior; the contours of self-interest are altered and new values rush into the vacuum.

By being grateful, appreciating all we have instead of focusing on what is lacking, we allow more of the same to flow toward us.

That which we allow to exist, to flourish freely according to its own rhythms, is superior to anything our little hands create.