“Recognizing “enoughness” is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more.”
― The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
― The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
“When you have no future, you vote for the past.”
― Time Shelter
― Time Shelter
“Public libraries seem to me a powerful example of the way that gift economies can coexist with market economies, at a larger scale. . . To me, they embody the civic-scale practice of a gift economy and the notion of common property. Libraries are models of gift economies, providing free access not only to books but also music, tools, seeds, and more. We don't each. have to own everything. The books at the library belong to everyone, serving the public with free books. . . Take the books, enjoy them, bring them back so someone else can enjoy them, with literary abundance for all. And all you need is a library card, which is a kind of agreement to respect and take care of the common good.”
― The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
― The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
“That I admire his audacity to be ill? That he knows to be ill is natural given the state of this world, and how is everyone not ill, not overdosing on the night.”
― I Do Everything I'm Told
― I Do Everything I'm Told
“what if life is just a collection of essentially unrelated experiences? Why does one thing have to follow meaningfully from another?”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
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