We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
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The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness and low self-esteem interact to create a kind of perpetual failure machine that grinds down dreams from generation to generation. We all bear the cost of keeping it running. Illiteracy is its linchpin.
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs.
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