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Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences.

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Timothy Leary
Age: 75 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 22
Died: 1996
Died: May 31
Actor
Psychologist
Writer
Springfield
Massachusetts
Timothy Francis Leary
Like
Societies
Trapped
Artificial
Individuals
Sequences
Quickly
Repetitive
Begin
Adaptation
Environment
Harmonious
Individual
Sequence

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