A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

It cannot be said too often - All life is one. That is and I suspect will forever prove to be the most profound true statement there is.

As far as we can tell we are the best there is, we may be all there is. It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and it's worst nightmare, simultaneously.

Bacteria may not build cities or have interesting social lives but they will be here when the sun explodes. This is their planet and we are on it only because they allow us to be.

Most of your DNA...is not devoted to you but to itself. You are a machine for reproducing it, not it for you. A life...just wants to be and DNA is what makes it so.

Comentarios

Entradas populares de este blog

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming David Wallace-Wells If the world's most conspicuous emitters, the top 10 percent, reduced their emissions to only the EU average, total global emissions would fall by 35 percent. We won't get there through the dietary choices of individuals, but through policy changes.

Palestina. Cien Años de Colonialismo y Resistencia

Palestina. Cien Años de Colonialismo y Resistencia Rashid Khalidi Cuando se cumplía el centenario de la guerra contra Palestina, la metrópoli estadounidense, el irremplazable fundamento de la libertad de acción de Israel, estaba tan comprometida con el proyecto sionista como la había estado lord Balfour cien años antes. El segundo siglo de guerra se caracterizaría por un nuevo enfoque, aún más destructivo, de la cuestión palestina, en el que Estados Unidos se coordinaría estrechamente con Israel y sus nuevos amigos en las monarquías absolutas del Golfo.

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Humankind: A Hopeful History Rutger Bregman When we're holed up in our own trenches, we lose sight of reality. We're lured into thinking that a small hate-mongering minority reflects all humankind.(...) To believe people are hardwired to be kind isn't sentimental or naive. On the contrary, it's courageous and realistic to believe in peace and forgiveness.

Mis libros y citas

Buscar este blog