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“The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.”

Freeman Dyson · Future

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Freeman Dyson

Unfortunately things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect.

Science

Freeman Dyson

What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.

Government

Freeman Dyson

The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.

Intelligence

Freeman Dyson

I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day.

Freedom