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Penny anti, Contents: Prologue [arws Legacy an Mendes Mechanism "The Botan Bank ‘OF Genesand Care ‘Cult Evaluion How We Relateto One Another Tercption Evolution and eels "The Upeend Downs of Poplin nor as Clara voaon Celso Lie (Death) "Aeouytems and Human Domination of Earth ‘Consumo ands Coste ‘A New impeatie Aerie Global Ameaphere nergy Are We Running Oat of ‘Saving Our Nana Capa Govemanc: Tackling nated Concquences Bplogse Noms ‘Smut Boca woes Pa 6 ‘The Dominant Animal Prologue Hus semcsine ins vd anges ag he neem ete th el a en Chg en ot tele, gy hee fn mectoneo lcs be fare acteatng Tho moahconthare ea tempore {ied bepowerentcnarapon are btn ors pple orm enced on sewed se of in oe ings Soc wiaeenings bio ctecsingin peed fe hope Inca, The aerate of ange tne hc pte ‘Sunni ace Wr rom cle foment ‘Stee oe echt ey need the Say af ut Sroctonmpne oer wr “Te ema lg acc fer hn bem aed rate ned concen Thy ae sorb nated by cpr rcs how Wy We Wee ‘ober ind om enone tsa he we of pet burn nbs ound ih cur unpecdeé csoga epcty nw {Ken ooo Er shy san wt hs Become jl cto, The wien coment ihe Kr on shy wo genteel ced the “human peace wae pce, Hoe pit bce power ha cn sty cin hy arene omer rho Mic or oneself ha Bk mente dan et obtener {cen bth fhe esi bc ar he sm ‘Sern power tego hind of clon oe ‘Seu gat apne cheng evonens snd bt tan he ben ropa fr comet sae 4 TheDominant Animal oowege of these spol evhsion enone eration it tal ouraiy to make wise des cing theo ere es of curser an ofthe tral work upon which ue Seen aon he mei norm et of Eri ce, dsp he Me of oes an sig aber atmompere. peared eee othe woe work Armed ih computer nels chematry ab, decuon micosope bear utente anther esis Jae gaae a exonatycomprebene undesaning of how Earth sacle myedihatans—incndngouncheriter xa how hy Ive changed ve ime Hvingamthing set thee of ow ‘lg something new the more than 1500 yest cry OF Out ‘pec Inher we cold wae that Knowledge to create ale andoe—nein ich hamanbeig veh: prose nesno ‘heinfne fare, 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fom ets ite We these iced te ile a wel De ‘Gail works of hols epecaly Aide, who wrote eerie) ‘apace pow aural gi mpsycholgy thee anda ‘ai cenesbefre Chien Tomar Agim whe Pato the enence of God he deepen the te thins ery Both ‘Aiton nd Agus thomas had an emp Dnt, meaning hey ‘edtomake sn of then word troughabereaonandesper ‘hc (hough ot experiment ar mont cei do Foy Bat he odie Aas mos pope were nx eying to segue new knowlege frm non: they been taught fo ewe what thie pate spesoreitandtodo athe were sutrced "ater Usher's ine, te cas om ese wim wat gradually repacein the Westby eat of independent ng al dco {5 Gallo (sop ling mares down itn planes and mol Inge mentrementto iment rave began vdermine be ‘ge Antoun noo tat each oj sought satrap. oencewesbeingbor A question ast whoalof etal d= une ws wearing theo "pee ae obey” cool Inthe Age of Enlghsnmenr ta owed spared by sce aances and 10 Tnglscomen wih resin moons deo ange progres tree appeanng everywhere rope slong wal the power of ‘evsntoeyplainthe uve andto improve people slot npr ‘ine of thaw wat duet work heen mater ‘ln an pice fms Newton (69-77 who among many eer things showed how theaters lahat dese motion of tdgecu on Earth ao ginerne the movements of cesta Dodie Newton wafalowedccry an Bal tery greats of bl shales Darwin on) ho ephsted how the vas esi oF fangs wae generated Hida ve thecop degre othe prevent sta nea the woldhe-Newrone ogy by how Ingrid ering parte ics couldbe easy 25 of riingrlesol change Tore uerauning of phys cece the groundwork for the nda eon, which ter maar produced Woners ranging From pas wad replaceable pars o soto, jet aca gal fomputery and car miles At the sme ime the ascoee of logical ence stared oe plagues sn improve hah al hs 6 TheDominane Animal omer deahraty and by 20 doing encouraged upecedented human, Popsson grow Those log doves ao began o ea Shere hima eng hacme Fm, how we ia nati, now ‘se gocsmar eng ocreateand ap sence, become he dominant {ileal ends pt nd entetepimee 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