Jeremy Rifkin
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"Jeremy Rifkin" is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. Rifkin is president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the bestselling author of 20 books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than 35 languages and are used in hundreds of universities, corporations and government agencies around the world. His most recent books include The Zero Marginal Cost Society (2014), The Third Industrial Revolution (2011), The Empathic Civilization (2010), The European Dream (2004), The Hydrogen Economy (2002), The Age of Access (2000), The Biotech Century (1998), and The End of Work (1995).

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That's a sea change in less than 50 years.

Who in this room is considering hydrogen fuel cell powered boats?

The real issue here is why are some people becoming ill and even dying after they are subjected to gene therapy. Until we get the answer to that question, we ought to have at least a partial moratorium on some of these experiments.

We have created this monstrous cyclone.

[The youth of former Eastern bloc countries can play a key role in this transformation.] The young people here can be the new blood, the new vitality for Europe that can help bridge the European and the American Dream and provide Europe with fresh, new energy, ... We need young Europeans asking what they can do to make Europe a global public square.

It should be a tipping point, I hope this is a tipping point.

Europe's strength is that each culture is a gift to share.

These new genetically engineered food crops are the first wave of a generation of 'Brave New World' foods that are going to have serious health and environmental repercussions.