A Quote by Rebecca Solnit
Modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought, or thoughtfulness.
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Modern life... changes no longer century by century, but year by year, ten times faster than it ever has before-populations doubling, civilizations unified more closely with other civilizations, economic interdependence, racial questions, and-we're dawdling along. My idea is that we've got to go very much faster.
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