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... economy of the village would be turned into an economy of abundance . The new flood of energy from food , which rivalled that from coal and petroleum in the nineteenth century , provided both the groundwork and the incentive for a new ...
... economy of the village would be turned into an economy of abundance . The new flood of energy from food , which rivalled that from coal and petroleum in the nineteenth century , provided both the groundwork and the incentive for a new ...
Page 205
... economy of abundance , at a time when there were at most probably only four or five million people in the Nile ... economic equalization , was not an inept metaphor . This was an archetypal example of simulated productivity . Rocket ...
... economy of abundance , at a time when there were at most probably only four or five million people in the Nile ... economic equalization , was not an inept metaphor . This was an archetypal example of simulated productivity . Rocket ...
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... Economy of abundance , linguistic , 94 Eden , food - gatherer's , 107 Efficiency , monastic , 266 Efflorescence ... economic , 266 Era , destructive modern , 108 Erech , 223 Erman , Adolf , 184 , 193 , 195 Error , man's chronic dis ...
... Economy of abundance , linguistic , 94 Eden , food - gatherer's , 107 Efficiency , monastic , 266 Efflorescence ... economic , 266 Era , destructive modern , 108 Erech , 223 Erman , Adolf , 184 , 193 , 195 Error , man's chronic dis ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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