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What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent.

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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
Cinematographer
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Ski Mountaineer
Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
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