“My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences.” WorldRealityBeliefCitiesExistenceFashionSourceConsequencePoliceComplexesExpertsProvisionBaffledDwellers Author:James Buchan
“In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.” PeopleNeedsWishCitiesModernAgencyDistinctionModern Society Author:James Buchan
“The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold.” PeopleWorldUseEarthCitiesMillionsCenturyPopulationCornersPlentyEaseFuelAllowingToilRefinedGreat CitiesPetroleumCorners Of The World Author:James Buchan
