“The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about.”
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The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.
Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.
You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable, so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean.
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.
