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We've painted ourselves into a corner where the only choice is real nightmare - triage, epidemic disease, famine, fascism, the collapse of human rights - or a leap to an entirely different level. we've taken business-as-usual off the menu. now only the extreme possibilities loom.
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We've Painted Ourselves Into A Corner Where

Terence McKenna
We've painted ourselves into a corner where the only choice is real nightmare - triage, epidemic disease, famine, fascism, the collapse of human rights - or a leap to an entirely different level. we've taken business-as-usual off the menu. now only the extreme possibilities loom.
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