“The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned for the world we live in is one of the great absurdities of our time—” WorldIdeasActionCitizensConcernedDemocraticCorporateCorporationsBehaveOur TimeAbsurdityMonarchy Author:Kim Stanley
“It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.” WorldSoundInfluenceFlowStreamsWaterfalls Author:Kim Stanley
“In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor accumulates through education and work experience. Human capital differs from the classic kind in that you can't inherit it, and it can only be rented, not bought or sold.” WorldHumansKindUseTakenLaborInstanceClassicCapitalistWork Experience Author:Kim Stanley