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Barry Commoner

What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.

Barry Commoner

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Barry Commoner is saying that we must make bigger and deeper changes to how we produce goods than the big technological shifts that happened after World War II. This means completely rethinking and redesigning our main production methods, not just improving existing technology.

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