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Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm?

In: Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future Insights from 45 global thought leaders

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Evolution equipped us to deal with threats from dependably loathsome enemies and fearsome creatures, but not with the opaque and cumulative long-term consequences of our own technological and demographic success. As cartoonist Walt Kelly once put it, “We've met the enemy, and he is us”…

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  • David W. Orr, 2014. "Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski (ed.), Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future Insights from 45 global thought leaders, chapter 29, pages 215-221, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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