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"Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice. "

A key figure in the shift from public health of communicable diseases to lifestyle-related life expectancy, but with a socialist commitment.

"Robert M. Pestronk, executive director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, said he hoped the new climate data tools would help municipal officials plan for climate change. "Local health officials are on the front lines of preparing for and addressing the health effects of climate change - from reduced air quality to extreme weather to climate-sensitive infectious disease like West Nile virus and Lyme disease," he said. The website, Mr. Pestronk said, "will provide valuable data to guide and support local health departments in their efforts to ensure the health and safety of people in their communities.""

Among the first to sound the alarm, in 1677, was Anthony Wood, an Oxford academic. "Why doth solid and serious learning decline, and few or none follow it now in the University?" he asked. "Answer: Because of Coffea Houses, where they spend all their time."

"Many of the patrons, they say, are ignoring basic research - the kind that investigates the riddles of nature and has produced centuries of breakthroughs, even whole industries - for a jumble of popular, feel-good fields like environmental studies and space exploration." [One might ask analogously what military funding of science has done over the decades since WW2]

"Why aren't we demanding more forceful action? One reason may be the frequent incantation of a motley collection of myths, each one rooted in bad economics"