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Human beings were human beings anatomically for several hundred thousand years, wandering around, hunting and gathering. And then suddenly, at the same time they started painting in caves they started multiplying.
Howard Rheingold
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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
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