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no. d—ananee or lunnony in liie sysienu or sociely
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as aelirewd life is rooperanve ralher ihan eornpeiiiive,
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and lire iornis oi very diliereni qualifies may intend
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benennally wiih one anoiher and won iheir physical
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environmenr Even "lhn baelerra live by
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collaboralion, icwmmodahan, exchange, and Inner"
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(Lewis Thomas,1970
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mammalian.
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amnion, noi oomomion. o ih. vary been oi
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oirisliiig lile syslams and or hilure vaal
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There aro many oppnnuniuei in male sysieans ihai
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walk lioin ihe elemenls and reehnologies irial eaol,
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Perhaps we should do "minus else ior rhe nexl eeniury
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bur apply our knowledge We already know how lo
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build, nuinlain, and inhabilsusiainable !ysiems Every
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essenrial problem is mind, bul in me everyday lile oi
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people ilus ii hardly apparenl. lhe Wage-flave,
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peasani, landlord, and uidusinalisl alike are depraved
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oi rhe leisure and rhe liie spirii iliai is possible in a
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moperaiive sociay whieh applies iis knawlxdge born
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warders and prisoners are equally mpliue in ihe
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sorrery in whieh we live
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ll we quesnon why we are here and whal lile is, ihen
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we lend ourselves inlo boih ieienee and mysiirism
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whieh are rnmlng eloser together as scienee iisell
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appmlrhls irs eoneepnial hours, As lor liie is lhe
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rnoil open oi open syskmL able ro rake lrorn rhe
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energy mums m lime and lo re—eapress ilseli nor
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only as o liienrne our as a deseenl and an evolurron
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Loveloek mom has perhnps besr eapreioed a
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philosophy, or mslghl, which links seienee ond lnbal
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belieis; heses rhe eanh, and rhe uruvene,aa a though!
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pm, or as a sellrrcgulanng, se|l<nns|niclzd and
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reamve syikzm, during and preserving ilie eoridilioiis
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lhar nuke lilo possible, and aelively adjuslmg lo
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regulfle disrurbanres Humaniiy however, in no
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pmeni mindlnunss, may be ihe one dblulbam lhai
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ihe earilr cannon loleiaie.
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The (3an bypolheelo ls inr mooe who lilie io
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m|k or simply stand and alare. lo wonder
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nboiu me an and me lire ll beare. and lo
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speculnie about me consequences oi our own
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presence here. ii is an aliernalive lo llial
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peasimlsuc view whlch aees nniure as a
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primizlve loroe in be subdued and conquered,
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ii is also an Illernnuve lo lhai eoually
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depressing pielure or our planer as a
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demenied spaceship. iorever lravelllngi
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dnverless ond purpooeless, around an inner
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circle oi ihe sun.
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(LE lnvekxk, lmi.
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For every Klenlific sraierrienl arneulaied on energy, ihe
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Abnnglnal lribespeople oi Australia have an
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equivalenl slalemeni on Me» Liie, rhey say, is a ioialliy
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n iher numd nor desiroyed, ii an be imagined as an
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:55 iron. wlueh all iribes iliie lormsi issue and lo
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2
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which all ieium. meidealway in whiehioapend one-a
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rimeis in rhe perieeiion oi lhe eepiuion niiiie, bo leed
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rlie mosi evolved iiie possible, and in aerial in and
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eeiebrale me eilsrenee oi iiie ionns oiher man hum
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lorau iomelrorn ihe sanieegg
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lhe iolaliiy oi ihrs nullooli leads lo a meaninyld
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daily eaisleneo, in which one 5-11 eaeh quanluanoiliie
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elernallv crying io perieel an expression lowardi a
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lulu-e, and possibly banseendenral, pedeerloir. ll is all
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rhe more hurrihc, lherelnie, ihar iribal peepls, whose
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aim was in develop a enneepiual and apirilual
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exisienee, have eneounlered a mode seieniilie and
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malenal culiure whose lile aim is nor only unriaied,
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bur whieh relies on pseudo—eeonoi-nie and ledllltr
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logifil sysrenu lor iis eaislenee.
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The eapenenee oi the naiural world and us laws hu
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alrnosr been abandoned ior closed, arliiieial, and
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mam'ngkss lives, perhaps ba| iypiiied by ihe dreams
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oi ihose who would live in space saiellirei and
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Ibandmlz dylng earih.
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i believe lhal unless we adopi sophisiiealed
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aborigmal belie! sysrerns and learn iaspeer for all lite,
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ihen we lose our own, nol only as iiienraie bul also u
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any iuiure opporiuniry ro evolve our poienlial.
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Wheiher we eoniinue, wiihoul an eihie or a phib
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sophy, like abandoned and orphaned eluldren, or
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wheilier we mare opporrunines lo aehieve maiurrry,
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balance, and harmony is ihe only real queslion ihar
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laces rhe presenr generallml Thai is rhe debare lhar
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musl never srop,
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A young woman orieecame lo rnealiera leerure in
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which i wondzlled ar ihe various mnoepis oi anerliie;
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rlie pierhnra oi 'heavzns" oiiered by various groups.
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lier view was,"Thii is heaven, ugh! here This is ii
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Gmr ii all ya 'lxgvi.‘
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lmuMn‘i berrer dial advree. The heaven or hell, we
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llvehilolwmmwmafimfikrflwhfiish
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ean beno diiierenl loreaeh blue
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1.2
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H'HICS
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in earlier days ieveral oi oi researehed canmllmity
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erhua, as adopied by older Ellyn“) and eoopenove
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eioiips, seeking lor universal prinerples io guide our
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own eeiions, Alihough many oi ihese guidelines
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remained as many as is prinoples, rnosr oi ihme an
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be ineluded in lhe ihree below (and even rhe soeond
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and rhiad arise lroni uie nrsi)
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i CARE or we EARTH Fmsion iol all me eyslam
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weonnnua and muhinry.
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z, CARE OF PEOPLE Provision lorneopio lo acme
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lhoso loaoiiioos moasary in in» axial-nos,
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a SEWING illillrs Y0 POPULATION AND
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CONSUMPTION. av uuwming dorm mi m an
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n| msouloes aside lo hinhiariho Ibow pilndplu.
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