Heather W

“When we speak of these not as things or natural resources or commodities, but as gifts, our whole relationship to the natural world changes.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“First, platforms are good to their users. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Next, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Finally, they have become a giant pile of shit.”
― Cory Doctorow, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

“The very meaning of a full existence on this earth is to find out who you are and why you are here. Universal intelligence is the idea that when things don’t turn out your way, it is because the universe is protecting you and steering you in a different direction. We all need to spend less time questioning disappointments or rejections.”
― Chelsea Handler, I'll Have What She's Having

“And the drop of corruption that lies within every society shall always persist.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Drop of Corruption