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    Poison or remedy?

    May 09, 2021 2 minutes
    by VERONIKA MEDUNA

    In Elizabeth Kolbert’s own words, her latest book is about people fixing problems created by people fixing problems – and invariably giving the next generation yet more wicked problems to fix.

    In all her writing, including her Pulitzer Prize-winning , Kolbert reports from the front lines of various approaching catastrophes. For , she chose one of the most urgent questions

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