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Culture Change: The problem of denial

Josef Davies-Coates

Aug 19, 2009 • 1 min read

This is a timeless article by William Catton, Jr., author of the seminal “Overshoot” and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Washington State University. The phenomenon of human psychological denial is one of the most significant traits that is maladaptive to the present culture.

Find article here: https://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=503&Itemid=63

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