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> Well I think there are three things that are needed if the world is to adapt itself to the Industrial Revolution. The troubles we are suffering now ar
by jmiskovic 6y ago
> Well I think there are three things that are needed if the world is to adapt itself to the Industrial Revolution. The troubles we are suffering now are essentially troubles due to adapting ourselves to a new phase of human life, namely the industrial phase. And I think three things are necessary if people are to live happily in the industrial phase. One of these is world government, the second is an approximate economic equality between different parts of the world, and the third is a nearly stationary population.
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