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“Civilization uses the perception of the world as a dead thing to justify its destruction. Animism sees the world as alive and treats it accordingly.”
― Rewild or Die: Revolution and Renaissance at the End of Civilization
― Rewild or Die: Revolution and Renaissance at the End of Civilization
“The romantic contrast between modern industry that “destroys nature” and our ancestors who “lived in harmony with nature” is groundless. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of life.”
― From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
― From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
“The reigning economic system is a vicious circle of isolation. Its technologies are based on isolation, and they contribute to that same isolation. From automobiles to television, the goods that the spectacular system chooses to produce also serve it as weapons for constantly reinforcing the conditions that engender “lonely crowds.”
― The Society of the Spectacle
― The Society of the Spectacle
“It all comes down to observation and empathy (the sixth sense we must dull to live in civilization).”
― Rewild or Die: Revolution and Renaissance at the End of Civilization
― Rewild or Die: Revolution and Renaissance at the End of Civilization
“How many young college graduates have taken demanding jobs in high-powered firms, vowing that they will work hard to earn money that will enable them to retire and pursue their real interests when they are thirty-five? But by the time they reach that age, they have large mortgages, children to school, houses in the suburbs that necessitate at least two cars per family, and a sense that life is not worth living without really good wine and expensive holidays abroad. What are they supposed to do, go back to digging up roots? No, they double their efforts and keep slaving away.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Dibias’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dibias’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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