| I start by recognizing that conspicuous
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| | with in
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| consumption, buying to show off not to
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| | the last few hundred thousand years did
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| meet needs, is the result of the
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| | they invent tools and discover the use of
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| "dominator paradigm" on which
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| EuroAmerican
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| | fire and become hunters themselves. By
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| cultures are built. It is almost
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| | then the basic human need for "belonging"
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| unknown in other cultures that were based
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| on
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| | and "community" were built into their
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| 'reciprocity' and not 'money' or
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| | genes. The niche into which they
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| 'exchange.'THE DOMINATOR PARADIGMThe
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| | evolved
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| "Dominator Paradigm" was inherent in the
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| | was one in which most cooperative
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| Jewish creation myth. It holds that
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| | individuals survived. This basic human
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| the Earth was made for the use of man
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| | nature
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| (and I do mean "man"). The man centered
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| | has been overridden in the EuroAmerican
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| philosophy was emphasized by the Greeks
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| | cultures by the unnatural values of
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| in the tenet that "man is the measure of
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| | competition, violence, greed, and
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| all things." The early Christian church
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| | material ownership, exemplified by
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| amplified the belief that man is the
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| | immoral
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| purpose of
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| | consumption. The key value of these
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| the Earth, and the Earth is the center
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| | culture is what you have not what you are
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| of the universe. Following Aquinas, the
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| | or
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| Church
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| | what you contribute to society.Of
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| taught the "chain of being." Man is at
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| | course, other cultures were not immune
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| the top of the chain with only a few
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| | for the evils of self-interest even
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| celestial
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| | before
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| being above. Below man in decending
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| | the advent of the EuroAmerican dominator
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| order are woman, children, other races,
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| | paradigm. But violence, robbery and
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| animals, plants and the Earth itself.
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| | warfare in other cultures was primarily
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| The purpose of each rung in the chain is
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| | confined to struggles between cultures
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| to
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| | it
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| serve, and be dominated by, the ones
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| | was not a norm of the internal cultural
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| above.This dominator paradigm was made
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| | relationships as it is now. Few
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| the law of Europe by the Inquisition and
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| | cultures, as
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| the
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| | Margaret Mead, Malinowski, Boas and
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| burning at the stake of over one million
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| | others have shown, taught their children
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| so called heretics, mostly women, who
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| | competition, self-interest, and
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| worshiped the Earth. It was spread
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| | greed.THE GAIAN PARADIGMIn the last few
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| world wide by the sword (technology), the
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| | decades Chaos, Complexity, and Gaian
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| flag
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| | theories and other scientific
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| (nationalism), and the cross
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| | research have brought humanity most
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| (Christianity). The right to dominate
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| | radical new and different understanding
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| all other people,
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| | of
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| cultures, and land was inherent in the
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| | the cosmos and of human nature. These
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| divine right of Christian kings, and the
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| | theories, in different ways, show that
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| power
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| | the
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| of the church. The Age of Discovery and
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| | cosmos is one and evolves as a unity.
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| Colonization not only made Europe
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| | It is composed of whole systems embedded
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| dominant throughout the world, but also
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| | in whole systems, and composed of whose
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| carried the doctrine of the dominator
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| | systems, or holons all the way up and all
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| paradigm to all other countries.The
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| final control of EuroAmerican dominator
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| | the way down -- atoms to molecules to
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| paradigm was voiced in Adam Smith's
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| | cells, to life-forms, to humans. to
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| economic theory. The anointing of
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| | social
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| "self-Interest" as a logical, if not
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| | systems. All thins from quarks to are
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| necessary,
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| | interlocked and interdependent. The
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| extention of the religious concept moved
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| | whole
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| the dominator paradigm beyond the
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| | holonistic system evolves as a unit.
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| church and into the hands of government,
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| | Nor part can change without all others
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| the capitalistic elite, and secular
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| | being
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| society.
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| | involved.Gaia (the Earth and all of
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| With this birth of "homo econimicus"
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| | life) is a prime example. All the
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| material accumulation in self-interest
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| | physical attributes that
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| became
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| | make life possible, the amount of
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| a new morality that put competition and
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| | oxygen in the air -- the temperature of
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| personal greed above all other human
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| | the
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| moral attributes. The measure of
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| | planet, the salt in the ocean, the
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| EuroAmerican man is what he has, not what
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| | radiation reaching the earth, and others
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| he is.Consumption is thereby not immoral
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| | -- are
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| within the norms of the EuroAmerican
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| | kept within life supporting bounds by
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| Cultures.HUMAN NATURE & CULTURAL
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| | biological processes. Life makes life
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| NORMSAnthropological, social,
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| | possible. Gaia is like a living system
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| psychological, biological and other
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| | itself.
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| sciences are showing
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| | Applied to humanity and its societies
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| that there is nothing natural about the
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| | Gaia suggests that no individual can
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| EuroAmerican socioeconomic system. Most
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| | exist
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| other cultures were based on the
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| | without the support of all others.
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| understanding that humans and all of Gaia
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| | Self-interest, competition, and material
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| (the
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| | consumption are
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| Earth and all its life forms) are
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| | self-defeating.------------------
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| interdependent. Most cultures recognized
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| | Bill Ellis, of Rangely, ME retired early
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| that only
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| | from his working life
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| cooperation for the good of the whole
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| | as a science policy consultant in
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| could provide good for the individual.
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| | agencies such as the National
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| They
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| | Science Foundation, Unesco and The World
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| existed on "reciprocity economics."
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| | Bank. For the last
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| That is, by the religious. if not common
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| | 30 years he has work voluntarily to
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| sense,
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| | promote the broad range of
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| belief that each individual should
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| | social innovations that empower people
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| produced for and serve the good of
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| | at the grass roots and
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| society. The
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| | promote community self-reliance. One of
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| more one gave to others the more others
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| | these is as General
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| gave to the giver. Owning anything that
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| | Coordinator, of 'A Coalition for
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| someone else needed more was taboo.
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| | Self-Learning. With which he
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| Many cultures had now word for
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| | facilitated the drafting an online book,
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| "ownership." Self-poverty rather than
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| | "Creating Learning
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| self-interest was the rule.This concept
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| | Communities," and, the White Paper,
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| of cooperation is built into our genes.
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| | "Life-Long Self-Learning,"
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| When humanids first came
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| | that promotes the recognition of the
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| down from the trees they were small,
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| | vast array of learning
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| weak and without tools or fire. For some
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| | modalities in addition to public
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| 5
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| | schooling -- e.g. learning
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| million years they were the prey of
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| | co-ops, public schools, private schools,
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| hyenas, saber tooth tigers, and other
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| | unschooling, charter
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| large
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| | schools. His mantra is "everyone should
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| carnivors including some primates.
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| | have the right, the
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| There defense was cooperation. They
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| | freedom, the resources and the
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| lived in
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| | opportunity to learn what
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| large communities. They used their
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| | they want, when they want and how they
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| larger brains to manage to exist. Only
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| | want.
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