

“The windmill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam mill, society with the industrial capitalist”
― The Poverty of Philosophy
― The Poverty of Philosophy

“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude

“I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.”
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“if you look at humanity's per-capita energy use today, it's as thought each human being has twenty-three servants for him or her, every hour of every day”
― Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World
― Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World
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