Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.
I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. There's European egocentricity and the African opposite. I normally say that my African experience has made me a better European.
It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have it is a world that moves away from unequal unstable unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.