We can't thrive on flat land
A call to unflatten the world before we succumb to the dust
No one set out to create the Dust Bowl.
Americans ventured west to make a life for themselves and their families. An abundance of rain provided a good life, which inspired an unrestrained pursuit of growth that could not continue indefinitely.
When the rain stopped, we crashed onto hard, flat land — a land whose soil turned to dust and suffocated the very…
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