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we use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.

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Bill McKibben
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
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Climate Activist
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Palo Alto
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Unhappiness
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