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“As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the impro…” — Al Gore

As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.
Al Gore
Al Gore President • American Vice
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