As we hurtle toward the final reckoning of the Omega Point, Teilhard envisioned exactly how it would all go down—a race of three intersecting curves: the viability of the planet, those drawn to inclusion, and those dedicated to separation. “In this hypothesis which conforms more closely to the apocalyptic traditions,” Teilhard suggested, “three curves would perhaps continue to arise around us simultaneously in the future: the inevitable reduction of the organic possibilities of earth, [and] the internal schism of consciousness as it becomes increasingly more divided over two opposing ideals of
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