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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. – E. O. Wilson

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