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"The most persuasive forecast of the 21st century I have seen." -- E.O. Wilson, author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge and twice winner of a Pulitzer prize"Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Knopf, Vintage, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375412714
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