Piotr Smolnicki

“As theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858–1947) noted, “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
― Anonymous

“the worldviews of two scholars, Thomas Robert Malthus and Adam Smith, both of whom wrote in the late 1700s. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), English cleric and economist who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. Malthus argued that the growing population would overwhelm the world, leading to widespread famine. Smith argued that businessmen could adapt and innovate rapidly enough that productivity could increase faster than consumption. Where Malthus saw disaster, Smith saw opportunity. While over time there have been eruptions of famine and shortage in different parts of the world, Smith was right.”
― Stefan Heck, Resource Revolution: How to Capture the Biggest Business Opportunity in a Century

“quoting John Howard from MIT, “It does not belittle them to say that, just as war is too important to be left to the generals, so highways are too important to leave to the highway engineers.”
― Samuel I. Schwartz, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

“What this means in road (and bridge, and tunnel) building is not just obvious but as well documented as anything in transportation engineering: “If you build it, they will come.” If you build more lanes on the expressway, more cars and trucks will use it. If you’re lucky, congestion remains as bad as it was before you spent $50 million trying to relieve it; if you’re not, it gets worse.”
― Samuel I. Schwartz, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars