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“All species will go extinct eventually, even our own: it is one of nature's few imperatives. As of today, however, that train has not quite left the station. We still have some control over our demise-namely, how long it will take and how much our children and grandchildren will suffer. If we want to take action, we should get started while it still maters what we do.”
― The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
― The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
“Underlying or overall social mobility rates are much lower than those typically estimated by sociologists or economists. The intergenerational correlation in all societies for which we construct surname estimates - medieval England, modern England, the United States, India, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Chile, and even egalitarian Sweden - is between 0.7 and 0.9, much higher than conventionally estimated. Social status is inherited as strongly as any biological trait, such as height.”
― The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
― The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
“The truth has nothing to fear from inquiry." -”
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“Convincing people to examine their energy use is like trying to get them to quit smoking or eat more healthfully: they already know that they should do it, but there is a billion-dollar industry working round-the-clock, inventing new ways to make sure they don't.”
― The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
― The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
Anabapt-ish Theology Book Club
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This reading group is for Christ-Followers and anyone else interested in reading and discussing Christian literature. Topics will range from devotiona ...more
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