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The Homelands Blog
September 22, 2014

History’s most important invention

What was the most important invention in human history? The printing press? Antibiotics? Nope, says Alan Weisman in this talk from TEDxSitka. And he has a couple of simple ideas for how to undo its damage.

Tags: agriculture, climate change, Countdown, family planning, fertilizer, food security, nitrogen, population, women's education, Alan Weisman, Alan Weisman

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