If humanity was still in the feral state, we wouldn't have any need for these huge conurbations that we have now, that have turned us into a different bunch all together. In the feral state we would be much more secure, much more familiar with each other, much more mentally well-balanced.
Islamophobia emerged from the Western countries, and this is a challenge that we all together need to surmount.
Western countries have gone through their development cycle and enjoyed the fruits of ruining the environment over many years and are now giving us homilies and pontificating on responsibilities to the environment. I think they need to look inward.
How many whales do we really need? I figure five. One for each ocean.
Scientists need the infrastructure for scientific search to aid their research, and they need it to offer relevancy and ways to separate the wheat from the chaff - the useful from the noise - via AI-enabled algorithms. With AI, such an infrastructure would be able to identify the exact study a scientist needs from the tens of thousands on a topic.
Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.
Good leaders need to be able to connect to all of those around them. This is especially true at Whole Foods, where we have a very team-oriented culture.
My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
One should have a wide variety of assets in one's portfolio. And oil, by the way, is a particularly important asset to have in one's portfolio because we need it, and the economy thrives on it.
I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.
During the wintertime in cold cities, you sometimes need a party to break through the melancholy.
I probably need to hold my emotions in check a little more, but that's just part of my wiring, too.
I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless.
There's a tiny number of Bitcoin wizards and an enormous number of smart developers that have no onramp to Bitcoin. We need to make that onramp easier.
I need to see a woman president in my lifetime. Or the first Jewish president.
There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.
If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens.
We are world leaders, and we need to act like it.
World leaders need to realize that the cost of transforming the global energy system is far less than coping with the consequences of burning the planet's remaining fossil fuels.
A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.