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> [Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of their environments to sustain them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/human-societies-as-temporally-and-spatially-far-flung-as-the/)

[William E. Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-e-rees/)

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## More by William E. Rees

> [Gold is not less but more rational than paper money. Money holds value so long as it is in limited supply; gold will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/gold-is-not-less-but-more-rational-than-paper-money-money-holds-value/)

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> [Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/human-societies-as-temporally-and-spatially-far-flung-as-the/)

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> [One of the gifts of the Jewish culture to Christianity is that it has taught Christians to think like Jews, and any modern man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/one-of-the-gifts-of-the-jewish-culture-to-christianity-is-that-it-has/)

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> [We do not have an ecological crisis. The ecosphere has a human crisis. Our 'story' about our place in the scheme of things has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/we-do-not-have-an-ecological-crisis-the-ecosphere-has-a-human-crisis/)

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> [The good news is that . . . humans are gifted by the potential for self-awareness and intelligent choice, and knowing our circumstance is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/the-good-news-is-that-humans-are-gifted-by-the-potential-for-self/)

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> [To prefer paper to gold is to prefer high risk to lower risk, instability to stability, inflation to steady long term values, a system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-rees/to-prefer-paper-to-gold-is-to-prefer-high-risk-to-lower-risk/)

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