Lynn Hoff

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Humans, in other words, are a considerably bigger geological force than nature itself, and have been, according to the data, ever since 1955. Or—another way of looking at it—by 2020 the total weight of human-made products, from iron to concrete and everything else besides, was greater than the total weight of every natural living thing on the planet.
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
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