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Dickson Despommier on 20,000 years of agricultural history.
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Dickson Despommier gives four answers: the Malthusian, the Darwinian, the Smithian, and his own.
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No longer able to rely on the countryside for food, people all over the world are moving to cities, says Despommier.
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Growing food indoors is not a new concept, and Dickson Despommier says global climate change will require that we re-examine it.
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The ideas of vertical farming visionary Dickson Despommier.
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According to Dickson Despommier the revolution may not be televised, but it will be blogged about.
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When describing vertical farming Dickson Despommier used to hear “Should we do this?” Now he hears, “How should we do this?”
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Dickson Despommier reassures us that vertical farming is ultimately safer than traditional farming.
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Search for the website on Google, says Dickson Despommier, and sign up.
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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but innovators need to address problems before they become absolute necessities.
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Novelist Rodes Fishburne elaborates on the themes in his new novel.
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Rodes Fishburne ruminates on the role of writers, what they read and how they create.
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Publishing will get easier, says Rhodes Fishburne, and the state of fiction is “in good hands.”
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Rodes Fishburne describes the conception and process of compiling essays from the world’s greatest minds.
Philip Weiss says Spitzer is only a hypocrite at the moment.
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Americans are more feminist and puritanical than the French.
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Those who can’t hit the brakes are more likely to cheat.
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Women have more to lose when a marriage goes wrong.
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Sex is the opera of the poor, quips blogger Philip Weiss.