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The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous. —Edward O. Wilson Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. —Carl Sagan
“And here is the Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus … The giant ground sloth, Megatherium americanum … The glyptodon, Glyptodon petaliferus … The giant beaver, Castoroides ohioensis … And finally, our crowning glory, the woolly indricothere, Paraceratherium transouralicum.”
The agricultural revolution turned you from free wanderers into slaves to the land. The Industrial Revolution robbed you of your souls and made you cruel. And the IT revolution gave you loneliness, hatred, and misery. What’s next for Sapiens in the glorious march of progress?”
“That’s the problem with science,” said Cash. “If something can be done, it will be done—no matter how dangerous.
