We have not as a society embraced degrowth. Instead, we’ve done something far stranger and more profound: we’ve decoupled growth—in consumption, prosperity, and our economy—from resource use.
“You do a lot of math when you’re broke.”
― Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
― Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
“As I said, one of my favorite questions to ask an era is: What portion of the population can be murdered by a different portion and have the murderer suffer no meaningful consequences?”
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
“la vida es un asunto que siempre termina mal.”
― Canción de antiguos amantes
― Canción de antiguos amantes
“Ave Maria gratia plena, is “Hail Mary full of political influence.”
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
“In 2014, Mexican authorities seized 15,397 firearms, ranging from machine guns to pistols, and submitted them to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for tracing. The agency found that 11,061 of them—71 percent—originated in the United States.”
― This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
― This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
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