“When we pay professionals to grow our food, prepare our food, create our entertainment, make our clothes, build our houses, clean our houses, treat our illnesses, and educate our children, what's left? What's left on which to base community? Real communities are interdependent...It is strangers whom we pay to perform [these] functions. It doesn't really matter who grows your food - if they have a problem, you can always pay someone else to do it. This phrase encapsulates much about our modern society...we can always pay someone else to do it. As an individual, it is hard not to feel dispensable, a cog in the machine. We feel dispensable because, in terms of survival, in terms of all the economic functions of life, we are dispensable.”
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The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self by Eisenstein, Charles
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Charles Eisenstein
Charles Eisenstein is an American author known for his profound insights into economic, cultural, and social issues. His work explores the relationship between money, debt, economic growth, and human consciousness, challenging the modern economic system. more
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