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The Problematique (Part 1)

Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"

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The Life and Times of Dana and Dennis Meroz

Dana and Dennis Meroz lived in the back of a landlover with nothing but a few items of clothing, some cooking utensils and a teapot for a showering. Jay Fodister had promised to teach the club of Rome all about what he called systems dynamics. Now he needed help from his small department's best computer scientists to demonstrate their work in action. Dana decided to accompany him, initially planning on listening to what sounded simply like an intriguing seminar. But she was left shocked when they returned that summer to a country that had just bombed Cambodia secretly, and shot its own students at Kent State.

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