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I am Human, I'm American, and I'm Addicted to Oil...
Posted by Nate Hagens on February 4, 2008 - 9:55am
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: addiction, consumption, demand, dopamine, evolution, exponential growth, habituation, IPAT, learning [list all tags]
ARE WE ADDICTED TO OIL?
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“Of all races in an advanced stage of civilization, the American is the least accessible to long views… Always and everywhere in a hurry to get rich, he does not give a thought to remote consequences; he sees only present advantages… He does not remember, he does not feel, he lives in a materialist dream.”
—Moiseide Ostrogorski (1902, 302-303)
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