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Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
Environmentalist
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Paonia
Colorado
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi
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