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What's true for us as individual humans is true for the civilization we create: a sprint culture, seeking ever greater speed and power in all things cannot endure.

Ed Ayres

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Ed Ayres
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Environmentalist
Journalist
Sculptor
Writer
Individual
Culture
Sprint
True
Speed
Cannot
Endure
Power
Seeking
Ever
Civilization
Humans
Create
Things
Greater

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