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Homo colossus is Willam Catton's term for "industrial" humanity. That's where each of us uses 20-50 times the resources, and exudes 20-50 times the waste as Homo sapiens.

— Michael Dowd Hopium Dealers Hall of Fame (2022)

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I dedicate this book to the glory of God.

Thank God for evolution! (2007)

The history of more than 80 previous boom and bust societies... reveals how and why Homo colossus is destined for near-term extinction.

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Denial gets a bad wrap, because denial is instinctual.

Hopium Dealers Hall of Fame (2022)

Denial is also the instinctual impulse to reject or discount information that calls into question our hopes, assumptions, or expectations about the future.

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Methane belching from the permafrost, the deep and shallow seas, hydrates and clathrates, tropical wetlands.. as well as the millions of wells.

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