AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq.

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I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I...

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I...

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force...

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force...

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower,...

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower,...

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Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these...

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Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to...

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We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and...

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Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the...

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Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans...

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Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those...

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Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as...

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Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last...

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The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines,...

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We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which...

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Australia is the most isolated continent.

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All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little...

Decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me...

Decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me...

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Science is often misrepresented as the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments...

Technology has to be invented or adopted.

Technology has to be invented or adopted.

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The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond...

I personally am not conscious of my accent.

I personally am not conscious of my accent.