For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now a constituent player in the global transformation of human culture.
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The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.
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If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.
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Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.
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