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Because of his capacity for abstract communications and language and his ability to enter in imagination into the lives of others, man is able to build organizations of a size and complexity far beyond those of the lower animals.

— Kenneth Boulding p. 26 quoted in: Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations - Volume 1 (1999)

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Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

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