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2013 : WHAT *SHOULD* WE BE WORRIED ABOUT? [1]

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Dave Winer [5]
Blogging and RSS Software Pioneer; Editor, Scripting News Weblog
Does The Human Species Have The Will To Survive?

Until a few generations ago, the human species was dealing with the following question: Do we have what it takes to survive? We answered that question with the invention of heat, plumbing, medicine and agriculture. Now we have the means to survive, but do we have the will?

This is the 800-pound question in the middle of the room. 

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[5] https://www.edge.org/memberbio/dave_winer