I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
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I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.

— Criss Jami
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