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George Lamming

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished the scaffolding has hardly gone up.

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George Lamming is saying that the plans and structures for what lies ahead are still in the very early stages, with even the basic support systems barely in place. This means we have yet to build the foundation needed to shape and support our future.

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