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What drives civilization
Dec 9, 2008

I've been exploring some ideas around the causes of our environmental crisis and run up against a question I need an answer to.  Maybe this community can help.

What is the driving force of civilization?

You can read a bit more of my exploration here.

Thanks,

Alan
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Posted: Tuesday December 9, 2008, 10:56 am
Tags: environmental crisis civilization [add/edit tags]

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In view of our failure to solve any of the environmental problems we face, despite the great efforts of briliant people and vast amounts of money spent, I have undertaken a search for the real causes of this crisis.  We seem to be addressing symp...
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I went looking for information on the Emergence of Civilization. Most of what I found had to do with some video game. I did come across the online class notes for Anthropology 341 © 2008 by Dr Bruce Owen. After contacting him and gettin...
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