Emotions have evolved so that we can make decisions quickly and without thinking in situations where there is no time for reasoning. - Jerzy Vetulani

Vetulai, Jerzy (20 February 2009): Wódka groźniejsza niż egzotyczne ziółka. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish).

Longevity in the sense of the maximum survival time of an individual has not changed much with the progress of civilization.

I believe that the fight against substance addictions is very important and is a duty of the state and society, but this fight must be carried out in a deliberate way not to produce large amounts of splinters hurting a lot of people around while only chopping small trees.