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Its likely that a general pattern of behavior among threatened human societies is to become more blindered, rather than more focused on the crisis, as they fall.
Ed Ayres
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Ed Ayres
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Environmentalist
Journalist
Sculptor
Writer
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