Carolina Quotes"Saving the biosphere" depends first and foremost on human beings reaching mutual understanding and unforced agreement as to common ends. And that intersubjective accord occurs only in the noosphere. Anything short of that noospheric accord will continue to destroy the biosphere.
Ken Wilber Connected to the Carolinas
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- Sex, Ecology, Spirituality (1995, 2000)
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- 1995
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