"I think the difficulty the Enlightenment view of the world encountered very early on is that human beings struggle to see the Atlantic in a completely rational way. Itâs not that itâs just a vast quantity of water: itâs also a vital part of the planetâs ecosystem, itâs probably the most important determinant of the weather in Britain⌠If we thought rationally about the Atlantic in the way that my parents encouraged me to think, we wouldnât currently be despoiling it with the effluents of our industry and fishing its fauna to the brink of extinction. We would treasure it."
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Niall Ferguson, as qtd. in Huw Spanner, Past Master: In-depth Interview with Niall Ferguson, High Profiles (Published on 1 November 2007)
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