In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World | 
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"The time will soon come when we will not be able to remember the horrors of September 11th without remembering also the unquestioning technological and economic optimism that ended on that day. This optimism rested in the proposition that we were living in a 'new world order' and a 'new economy' that would 'grow' on and on, bringing a prosperity of which every new increment would be 'unprecedented'"(1).
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