What Man Says

"I know that many religions and philosophies have based the meaning of life on death and what happens after death, but I think these are all fictional stories that people have invented through history. They are not the truth. Even more than immortality, science is really about transforming humans into gods. And I mean this in the most literal sense possible. We want to gain these powers."

Yuval Noah Harari, lead advisor to the World Economic Forum, in an interview with Harvard Bookstore at WGBH.org

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"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace..."

Excerpt from the song "Imagine" by John Lennon (performed at the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter)

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"What we are now doing—whether we like it or not—indeed whether we wish to or not—is laying the foundation of the first global society."

"So let me end by quoting the relevant passage from the 11th chapter of Genesis, which I think could be a motto for our hopes of the future:

'And the Lord said: Behold they are one people and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and nothing that they propose to do now will be impossible for them.'"

Quotes from the UNESCO article "Beyond Babel" by Arthur C. Clark

What God Says

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