We've transformed villages into densely populated cities, built dams so big that they have altered our planet's rotation, and constructed buildings stories high into the sky. This is the spectacular story of how humans have changed the world in a single generation.

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Taken from Generation Earth (2012).

The spectacular story of how we have redesigned our planet to build the modern world. Dallas Campbell explores our most ambitious creations, joining the people who have made the impossible, possible.

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