How Hacking the Human Brain Can Save Civilization
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Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Humans’ power to determine thefuture of planet Earth is increasing exponentially. The resultcould be disastrous unless we change the way we think.
Climate scientist Will Steffen of the Australian NationalUniversity makes a powerful case about the uniqueness of ourtime: A few hundred years ago, more or less in sync with theIndustrial Revolution, various indicators such as globalpopulation, water use, number of rivers dammed, global economicoutput, number of species extinctions and atmospheric carbondioxide started following a steepening path upward.