‘Sapiens’
In reponse to the birth of the 5-billionth human:
The ultimate hubris is for an animal that continues its uncontrolled breeding habits, despite massive environmental degradation, resource depletion, poverty, hunger and extinction of other life forms, to call itself “sapiens!”
SUSU LEVY
Encino
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