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"They were despised because they could have done so much,
yet dared to do so little "
Albert Camus
yet dared to do so little "
Albert Camus
-Dare to know
I remember when I went to Oxford in 1966 to work in the Department of Professor Hans A. Krebs, I was impressed that the seal of the County bears the saying from Horace "Sapere aude". Dare to know! Without knowledge, without a true knowledge of reality, we cannot preserve it, protect it or change it when warranted.
Knowledge as an initial requisite... but then it is necessary to use the knowledge acquired appropriately. The essential part of the diagnosis is timely treatment. We have to decide without delay. In our Laboratory for the Detection of Neonatal Neurological Disorders, which cause irreversible brain damage, it was essential to act before the point of no return.
In the book "Tomorrow is Always Too Late" I wrote in 1987: "Risk without knowledge is dangerous, but knowledge without risk is useless".
-In addition to daring to know, it is essential to know how to dare.
In this turbulent and confused era in which we live, which is the consequence of having committed the immense error of replacing democratic principles and ethical values for the laws of the market, it is essential and urgent to change our present course, to cure so many ills, to stop the dramatic worldwide loss of direction and to accelerate the evolution of events in order to prevent the revolution on the horizon.
Dare to do it. Reject the hounding from the great (economic, military, energy, media) powers and make things crystal clear.
Cease to make vain promises and react, especially in Europe, as follows (and merely as an example):
- Immediately restructure NATO, endowing the EU autonomy in security matters, and ceasing to acquire unnecessary and outdated military equipment.
- Fiscal and economic federation, and the emission of Euro Bonds, being careful not to exaggerate attention toward certain “locomotives” that run the risk of losing freight cars and passengers.
- Reasonable postponement of deficit deadlines, regulation of financial flows and the definitive elimination of tax havens.
- Balanced industrial relocalization.
-Incentives for R&D and innovation.
-Immediate return to multilateralism, endowing the United Nations system with the required human, technical and financial resources.
- Restoration of democratic principles and human rights at the center of all levels of government...
Dare to do it. It can be done. Rise up. Let’s not warrant the disdain of the coming generations to whom we owe a less somber future.
I remember when I went to Oxford in 1966 to work in the Department of Professor Hans A. Krebs, I was impressed that the seal of the County bears the saying from Horace "Sapere aude". Dare to know! Without knowledge, without a true knowledge of reality, we cannot preserve it, protect it or change it when warranted.
Knowledge as an initial requisite... but then it is necessary to use the knowledge acquired appropriately. The essential part of the diagnosis is timely treatment. We have to decide without delay. In our Laboratory for the Detection of Neonatal Neurological Disorders, which cause irreversible brain damage, it was essential to act before the point of no return.
In the book "Tomorrow is Always Too Late" I wrote in 1987: "Risk without knowledge is dangerous, but knowledge without risk is useless".
-In addition to daring to know, it is essential to know how to dare.
In this turbulent and confused era in which we live, which is the consequence of having committed the immense error of replacing democratic principles and ethical values for the laws of the market, it is essential and urgent to change our present course, to cure so many ills, to stop the dramatic worldwide loss of direction and to accelerate the evolution of events in order to prevent the revolution on the horizon.
Dare to do it. Reject the hounding from the great (economic, military, energy, media) powers and make things crystal clear.
Cease to make vain promises and react, especially in Europe, as follows (and merely as an example):
- Immediately restructure NATO, endowing the EU autonomy in security matters, and ceasing to acquire unnecessary and outdated military equipment.
- Fiscal and economic federation, and the emission of Euro Bonds, being careful not to exaggerate attention toward certain “locomotives” that run the risk of losing freight cars and passengers.
- Reasonable postponement of deficit deadlines, regulation of financial flows and the definitive elimination of tax havens.
- Balanced industrial relocalization.
-Incentives for R&D and innovation.
-Immediate return to multilateralism, endowing the United Nations system with the required human, technical and financial resources.
- Restoration of democratic principles and human rights at the center of all levels of government...
Dare to do it. It can be done. Rise up. Let’s not warrant the disdain of the coming generations to whom we owe a less somber future.
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