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The recurrent dream of an end-time
“Whatever humans do, the world is not going to end”, writes John Gray. “Humankind cannot destroy the planet any more than it can save it”.
John Gray ponders why the belief that the human world can be completely and suddenly transformed, never really goes away.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
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Sun 22 Dec 201923:50
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 20 Dec 201920:50BBC Radio 4
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