People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge.

Idries Shah
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In his book The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe says: “People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty.” In this quote, Poe is talking about the people in the world living in a society that has everything but is still suffering from hunger. He believes that this is because people do not use the knowledge that would save them from hunger and poverty.

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