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Ch. 4: The modern cycle of ice ages

#171: June - Sept. 2020 (Non-Fiction)
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Re: Ch. 4: The modern cycle of ice ages

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I think that at bottom, Robert, is a difference over consumption. It's classic Wizard-Prophet. Wizards see either no point in or no possibility of, limiting consumption in order to reduce waste and other ill effects of our civilization. They see our consuming as infinitely extendable and inseparable from human destiny. Prophets passionately believe our rampant consumption will write the end of our story and is the tragic flaw in our nature.
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