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Personally, I feel that when your narrative about the future includes the phrase “and then a miracle happens,” you’re in trouble. http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/the-conversation-joseph-tainter/

— Joseph Tainter

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About Joseph Tainter

Joseph Tainter (born December 8, 1949) is an American anthropologist and historian.