Axel Ghinea

“Happiness and misery play a role in evolution only to the extent that they encourage or discourage survival and reproduction. Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that evolution has molded us to be neither too miserable nor too happy. It enables us to enjoy a momentary rush of pleasant sensations, but these never last for ever. Sooner or later they subside and give place to unpleasant sensations.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“In a completely free market, unsupervised by kings and priests, avaricious capitalists can establish monopolies or collude against their workforces. If there is a single corporation controlling all shoe factories in a country, or if all factory owners conspire to reduce wages simultaneously, then the labourer are no longer able to protect themselves by switching jobs.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“You’ve seen my kennel, you’ve seen….Ah Sonia, you know, low ceilings and tight rooms cramp the mind and the soul. How I hated that kennel. And yet I didn’t want to leave it.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Consumerism sees the consumption of ever more products and services as a positive thing. It encourages people to treat themselves, spoil themselves, and even kill themselves slowly by overconsumption.”
― Yuval Noah Harari