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The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged conditions of actions in a feedback fashion. Human history is created by intentional activities but is not an intended project it persistently eludes efforts to bring it under conscious direction.

Anthony Giddens

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Anthony Giddens
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 18
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