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The Worst Inhabitants of This Planet Are Us

If We’re So Smart, Why Is Our Civilization Falling Apart? 

umair
Apr 05, 2021
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Image Credit: Robert Hanson

Half of this essay is going to be about our civilisation dying, and the other half is going to be about, well, dogs and how great they are. You can judge whether or not it makes any sense. Let me begin with the nice part.

I didn’t just used to not be a dog person. I used to be the kind of arrogant intellectual pr*ck who’d look …

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