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Dear John and Roman

99% Invisible

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The Ginkgo and the Evolution of the Earth

Roman: The simple explanation of what non-native is is if humans weren't involved, it's native. Roman: I can see how that would be a little bit of a false dichotomy when it comes to how we operate in the world. He says he likes to think of himself as not so much separate from nature as a part of nature. We are made out of earth and everything inside of us is earth. That makes sense. You know what your story about plate tectonics reminds me of the history of human responses to tuberculosis.

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