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    Do We Have Too Much?

    America's continuing drive for material well-being has made it the world's colossus, but it may also contain the seeds of destruction. That sounds like fire-and-brimstone preaching, but it's also a warning from pragmatic experts on energy independence and global warming.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    America's continuing drive for material well-being has made it the world's colossus, but it may also contain the seeds of destruction. That sounds like fire-and-brimstone preaching, but it's also a warning from pragmatic experts on energy independence and global warming. Will unlimited economic growth be the undoing—not just of America, but the rest of the world? If it wanted to, could the US just slow down and replace the drive for disposable luxury with a yen for quality and longevity based on renewable resources?

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    Is America Growing Itself to Destruction?
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    2. 7:46Do We Have Too Much?You’re reading this
    3. 42:46Anthropologists Help Military in Afghanistan, Iraq
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      David Freeman

      Deputy Mayor, City of Los Angeles

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      Barron's

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      CEO, LivingHomes

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Is America Growing Itself to Destruction?
    1. 1:39Bush Responds to DOJ Terror Memos
    2. 7:46Do We Have Too Much?You’re reading this
    3. 42:46Anthropologists Help Military in Afghanistan, Iraq
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