Word: thinking
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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Worst part about Harvard: Despite being some of the smartest people around, many people think that just because I’m from New Zealand, I will somehow know their friend in Australia. And that I have a British accent. Which they then...
...don’t really think it has had any. I think that my own interactions with humans were probably determined by my amazing mother and my wonderful family. Perhaps my years with the chimpanzees made me observe humans in a different way, but not really interact with them in a different...
...think basically that we can’t live through a day without making an impact, that we should spend a bit of time thinking about the consequences of the choices we make each day and realize that if they’re multiplied a billion times you start to see the kind of change that we must have if we care about the world for our future. There’s no point in me trying to kill myself to try to save chimps or forests, or for anybody trying to save anything, if the same old business...
...Here at Harvard there is a growing movement to become more “green” and move towards more sustainable development. What do you think is the best thing that students can do in terms of environmental conservation...
...you’re the right person to do it. Some people are really good at arguing, and that doesn’t really change peoples opinions. But if you can get into their hearts, that’s what’s so important. Make people think about this question: if we’re the most intellectual animals that have ever walked on this planet, which we are, why are we destroying our only home? I think we’ve lost wisdom, the kind of wisdom where people say, “How will this decision affect...