I'm all in favor of being able to imagine new frontiers with the aid of technologies, but I want a more compassionate approach that also recognizes t…

- Sheila Jasanoff

I want a society in which we don't throw things and people away with quite the abandon we do, especially people. This is why the idea of disruptive t…

- Sheila Jasanoff

I'm trying to make people more alert that mere acceptance isn't a good enough indicator that something is ethical. You actually need to stop and thin…

- Sheila Jasanoff

Historically, the idea that you take something novel and you break it has been seen as the ultimate rejection of Enlightenment values, of progress, o…

- Sheila Jasanoff

Climate change is there as a reminder that we can get richer and safer societies that are also consuming more and more to the point where the stabili…

- Sheila Jasanoff

We need a more widely shared burden on the part of society to keep asking, "What are our collective values, what kind of world do we want to bequeath…

- Sheila Jasanoff

I am kind of a sucker for democracy, so I do think that what kinds of citizens we have in our societies are more foundational than what kinds of gove…

- Sheila Jasanoff