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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAS MARKED BY CONFLICT, GENOCIDE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS ALSO MARKED BY CONSIDERABLE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS. WE HAVE NOW ENTERED THE AGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE IS A KIND OF BOTTLENECK. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, COMBINED WITH A LACK OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND PALEOLITHIC OBSTINACY, HAVE BROUGHT THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE. NOW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE WISDOM AND FORESIGHT THEY SERVE, CAN AND MUST PROVIDE SOLUTIONS. THE TWIN GOALS OF LIFTING A STABILIZED WORLD POPULATION TO A DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE SAVING AND RESTORING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ARE NOBLE AND ATTAINABLE GOALS.