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Full Idea
It is approaching, irrefutably, hesitatingly, terrible as fate, the great task and fate: how should the earth as a whole be governed?
Gist of Idea
The great question is approaching, of how to govern the earth as a whole
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 37[08])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.143
A Reaction
Two issues have accelerated the question, though we have yet to properly face it. One is the incredible increase in military destructiveness, and other is the damage to the planet caused by the relentless pursuit of wealth.