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“Consider this pronouncement, inscribed on an Assyrian tablet circa 2800 B.C.: Our earth is degenerate these days . . . bribery and corruption abound, children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier