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To Me, The Human Move To Take Responsibility For The Living Earth Is Laughable - The Rhetoric Of The Powerless. The Planet Takes Care Of Us, Not We Of It. Our Self-inflated Moral Imperative To Guide A Wayward Earth, Or Heal Our Sick Planet, Is Evidence Of Our Immense Capacity For Self Delusion. Rather, We Need To Protect Ourselves From Ourselves.

-Lynn Margulis

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To Me, The Human Move To Take

Lynn Margulis

To Me, The Human Move To Take Responsibility For The Living Earth Is Laughable - The Rhetoric Of The Powerless. The Planet Takes Care Of Us, Not We Of It. Our Self-inflated Moral Imperative To Guide A Wayward Earth, Or Heal Our Sick Planet, Is Evidence Of Our Immense Capacity For Self Delusion. Rather, We Need To Protect Ourselves From Ourselves.

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