This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.
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CLEAR ALL
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A visualization of a recorded talk given by the late Dr. Willis Harman on how our problems, and therefore solutions, are all interconnected.
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Health, society, economy, environment, globalisation and geopolitics. The Covid-19 crisis has profoundly shaken our world in many ways and raised a great deal of crucial questions.
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