Today our world faces a crisis: a crisis which, if its consequences are as grave as now seems, may not fully be resolved for another century. (Lewis Mumford)

Today our world faces a crisis: a crisis which, if its consequences are as grave as now seems, may not fully be resolved for another century.

Lewis Mumford

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