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The new wrinkle is that escalating advances in technology are nourishing the narcissistic ego the way chicken manure nourishes a rose bush, while exploding worldwide population is allowing its effects to multiply geometrically.

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
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