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# Chapter 1

"You never see anything anyway. They always turn the camera, play music, and, you know, the wind blows, and the curtain moves, and you don't see anything." - Security Guard, Truman Show

* We spend more than 50 months of our life in a vehicle. 
* By 2050, it is expected that 70% of the population will live in urban areas. 
* The average person consumes 70,000 microplastics every year. 
* 38% of the food supply goes unsold or uneaten. 
* The entire population of the U.S. could fit in Texas, with 1 acre of land for each person. 
* We live on just 1% of the habitable land on Earth.