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The trials of evolution programme a human race for aggression, not wisdom. And once capitalism gets underway human relationships become regulated by systems that deliver behaviour into a killing zone of selfishness and greed. The Tension Dynamic, p165
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― The Tension Dynamic: Can Humanity Navigate The Birth Canal?
― The Tension Dynamic: Can Humanity Navigate The Birth Canal?
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By the mid-1980s, [Stephen Jay Gould] had emerged as a major public figure, using his background as a paleontologist to dive into controversies with radical stances on the ways new species emerge and how evolutionary change comes about. His [popular history of life] college class was composed of around six hundred students who, taking it as a distributional requirement, were unlikely to become science majors. This audience proved an ideal focal group for Gould to try out his new theories and pre
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― Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
― Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
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