Christian de Duve - What would help us preserve our natural resources are genetic traits that let us...

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What would help us preserve our natural resources are genetic traits that let us sacrifice the present for the sake of the future. You need wisdom to sacrifice something that is immediately useful or advantageous for the sake of something that will be important in the future.

Christian de Duve

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Was uns helfen würde, unsere natürlichen Ressourcen zu erhalten, sind genetische Merkmale, mit denen wir die Gegenwart für die Zukunft opfern können. Sie brauchen Weisheit, um etwas zu opfern, das unmittelbar nützlich oder vorteilhaft für etwas ist, das in der Zukunft wichtig sein wird.

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