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A realm of intimate, personal power is developing - power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested.

— Stewart Brand Whole Earth Catalog (1968)

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We are as gods and might as well get good at it.

The house and its occupants mold to each other twenty-four hours a day, and the building accumulates the record of that intimacy.

Redundancy of function is always more reliable than attempts at perfect, which time treats cruelly.

In our researches on the likely economic apocalypse it's become clear what is the prime survival tool for hard times: friends. Good friends. Lots of them.

Whole Earth Epilog (1974)

Earthrise, by William Anders, Apollo 8, 1968, the cover photo of the second and third editions.

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