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"The consensus on how destructive this system is to our planet's carrying-capacity is now clear. Yet the fact that consumerism answers our deep human needs for novelty and status - however inadequately - is rarely acknowledged. Can any appeal to transform our lifestyle priorities in a sustainable direction really ignore how radical we are as animals? How does it properly reckon with the irrepressible faculties of cognition and imagination that humans deploy to make our world anew?"

"We are a growing community of researchers devoted to designing scalable solutions that drive better care at the most critical moments in people's lives everywhere. Our goal is not a grant or publication, but simple discoveries that actually produce better outcomes, greater value, and more caring across the world."

Allied Media Conference is a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world.

"Not only do patents push higher prices onto consumers, they burden the research world with the increased costs of paying for the intellectual property needed to do further research. Research labs have to pay thousands of dollars for the strains and processes needed to build upon current developments, adding more costs to cutting-edge research. "

"Even expectant fathers experience morning sickness and other symptoms of pregnancy, a phenomenon known as couvade. Studies have found couvade in as little as 11 percent of subjects and as much as 97 percent. We don't know why these numbers vary so wildly, but there have been lots of theories to explain why dads get morning sickness. "