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“All of this upends the usual story that we’re told about the rise of capitalism. This was hardly a natural and inevitable process. There was no gradual ‘transition’, as people like to assume, and it certainly wasn’t peaceful. Capitalism rose on the back of organised violence, mass impoverishment, and the systematic destruction of self-sufficient subsistence economies. It did not put an end to serfdom; rather, it put an end to the progressive revolution that had ended serfdom. Indeed, by securing virtually total control over the means of production, and rendering peasants and workers dependent on them for survival, capitalists took the principles of serfdom to new extremes.”
― Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
― Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
“As long as there’s such a thing as time, everybody’s damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Living turned me into nothing. Weird . . . People are born in order to live, right? But the longer I’ve lived, the more I’ve lost what’s inside me—and ended up empty.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Managing your own time and respecting others’ time is one of the most vital things to do as a manager,”
― The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
― The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
“Good teachers help you believe in yourself, rather than cultivate a belief in them. They teach you to connect to the divinity within you.”
― Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World
― Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World
50 books to read before you die
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