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On Tue, 16 May 2000, Vincent Campbell wrote:
>...why did the Incas continue to devestate essential resources for
>decorative purposes, assuming at some point they would have recognised this?
Same reason we currently exploit natural resources as if we couldn't see
beyond the tip of our collective metaphorical nose: these are all "failed
experiments", so don't count! :-)
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