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Change Agent QUOTES

Change Agent QUOTES

1 " When privacy is criminalized,
only criminals will have privacy. "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent

2 " Synthetic biology was the transistor of the twenty-first century. Yet political realities in America made it increasingly unfeasible for entrepreneurs there to tinker with the building blocks of life. Every cluster of human cells was viewed as a baby in America. A quarter of the population wasn’t vaccinated. A majority of Americans didn’t believe in evolution. Social-media-powered opinions carried more influence than peer-reviewed scientific research. "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent

3 " They sell the fact that you’re susceptible to technical animism. "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent

4 " A hundred stories each and draped in vines, the dozen towers resembled overgrown postapocalyptic ruins—except for their glittering organometallic lights. Acre for acre, the towers produced ten times the food of a traditional farm on just a fraction of the water. Zero pesticides. Almost entirely automated. "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent

5 " You know what they say: when privacy is criminalized, only criminals will have privacy. "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent

6 " Synthetic biology was the transistor of the twenty-first century. Yet political realities in America made it increasingly unfeasible for entrepreneurs there to tinker with the building blocks of life. Every cluster of human cells was viewed as a baby in America. A quarter of the population wasn’t vaccinated. A majority of Americans didn’t believe in evolution. Social-media-powered opinions carried more influence than peer-reviewed scientific research. In this virulently anti-science atmosphere, synbio research was hounded offshore before it had really begun. Activists crowed over their victory. "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent

7 " when privacy is criminalized, only criminals will have privacy.” Durand "

― Daniel Suarez , Change Agent