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“Ours is a world full of self-deceit, my friend. But it is at the same time a world full of sincere truth seeking, scientific progress and curios late night conversations about the nature of reality and existence.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
“We simply haven’t advanced to that stage of thinking—a stage where you see that the inner development of each person is intrinsically connected to the development of society as a whole.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
“We are witnessing the rise of the digitalized, globalized, transnational, postindustrial society—and its discontents. The
nationalist resurgence is only that: the outdated, the outgunned, the outmaneuvered. That does not make the
confusion and suffering of the losing side any less real.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
nationalist resurgence is only that: the outdated, the outgunned, the outmaneuvered. That does not make the
confusion and suffering of the losing side any less real.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
“I develop if you develop. Even if we don’t agree, we come closer to the truth if we create better dialogues and raise the standards for how we treat one another.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
“And secondly, admit defeat. Socialism (or anarchism) is not going to happen. And there is no national resurgence
of organic community coming our way. There will be no night-watchman state and libertarian utopia where the
public sector is all but removed. There will be no ecological-spiritual awakening spontaneously growing
from the goodness of your heart. And no, Mr. Conservative, there will be no rolling back of gay rights,
bike paths, vegan diets, animal rights and queer perspectives—they are all here to stay and expand. You can give up on all of that nonsense. Those were whispers of another time. Let them die hard. Clear your
head of these hallucinatory fantasies. They are about as meaningful today as belief in ghosts or Jesus walking
across King Herod’s swimming pool.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
of organic community coming our way. There will be no night-watchman state and libertarian utopia where the
public sector is all but removed. There will be no ecological-spiritual awakening spontaneously growing
from the goodness of your heart. And no, Mr. Conservative, there will be no rolling back of gay rights,
bike paths, vegan diets, animal rights and queer perspectives—they are all here to stay and expand. You can give up on all of that nonsense. Those were whispers of another time. Let them die hard. Clear your
head of these hallucinatory fantasies. They are about as meaningful today as belief in ghosts or Jesus walking
across King Herod’s swimming pool.”
― The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
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