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The North Pole melting wouldn't be such a bad thing. Canada and Russia would stand to benefit. We could open up more trade routes and perhaps would have more territory for finding resources. Could you imagine finding a bunch of oil up there, maybe some diamonds?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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