“Honoré de Balzac afirmaba que cada individuo posee una reserva de energía limitada y que, al vivir intensamente, se quema. Dudo que hoy día Balzac sostuviera intacta esta tesis, pues actualmente la mayoría muere con el depósito a rebosar.”
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Fuente: Declaración a un periodista de Times en 1990, citado en "El ingenio y la sabiduría de BorisThe wit and wisdom of Boris" en Guardian Unlimited (23 de abril de 2007).

Fuente: Libertad Digital (24 de octubre de 2004) http://www.libertaddigital.com/php3/noticia.php3?cpn=1276235737.

documental Zeitgeist: Moving Forward 140:40-141:08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w&t=140m40s
The first is this idea that the system has been the “cause” of the material progress we have seen on this planet. Well...No.
There are basically two root causes which have created the increased so-called “wealth” and population growth we see today.
One: the exponential advancement of production technology; hence scientific ingenuity.
And Two: the initial discovery of abundant hydrocarbon energy -which is currently the foundation of the entire socio-economic system