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Stewart Brand, born on December 14, 1938, is an American writer whose work spans across ecology, design, information technology, and futurism. His most famous work is 'The Whole Earth Catalog', a guide to sustainable living and future technology that had a profound impact on the culture of the late 20th century.

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“Many of my contemporaries in the developed world see subsistence farming as soulful and organic, but it is a poverty trap and an environmental disaster.”

World Poverty Environmental Disaster Traps Farming Soulful Subsistence

Book:Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary

Source: Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary

“Civilization’s shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.”

Problem Attention Civilization Environmental Pace Attention Span Environmental Problems

Book:The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility

Source: The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility

“Over the next ten years, I predict, the mainstream of the environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism in four major areas: population growth, urbaninzation, genetically engineered organisms, and nuclear power.”

Years Next Growth Opinion Four Policy Movement Ten Majors Areas Environmental Population Activism Nuclear Mainstream Reverse Organisms Nuclear Power Population Growth Environmental Policy

Author:Stewart Brand

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Born: December 14, 1938
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 51

Books & Sources

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're BuiltRelated source material

The Clock of the Long Now: Time and ResponsibilityRelated source material

Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoengineering Are NecessaryRelated source material

Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoeng ineering Are NecessaryRelated source material

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