“Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections…” — Jared Diamond

Technology has to be invented or adopted.

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.

Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique.

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history.