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AloeVera

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17. The more I learn, the more hopeless it seems.

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #15)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:13 PM

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Thanks for that info. I think.

That's so bad. But I keep hearing that we can't give up, though it may seem hopeless. Not yet...

Our capacity to fool ourselves and our capacity for hope may be what doom us as much as our rapaciousness for creature comforts, gizmos and wealth.

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