“I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice.” IfsThinkingImportantSoundVoiceAnimalAudienceBandImportant ThingsThings To DoCollectives Author:Andrew Dost
“And there are also languages that divide nouns into much more specific genders. The African language Supyire from Mali has five genders: humans, big things, small things, collectives, and liquids. Bantu languages such as Swahili have up to ten genders, and the Australian language Ngan’gityemerri is said to have fifteen different genders, which include, among others, masculine human, feminine human, canines, non-canine animals, vegetables, drinks, and two different genders for spears (depending on size and material).” HumansSaidTwoDifferentBigsLanguageAnimalFiveMaterialsDrinkTenSizeGenderCollectivesFeminineDividesVegetablesFifteenBig ThingsMasculineSmall ThingsAustralianLiquidSpearsCanineNounsMali Author:Guy Deutscher
“At some point, human intelligence became collective and cumulative in a way that happened to no other animal.” WayHumansAnimalHappenedCollectivesHuman IntelligenceCumulative Book:The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Source: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
“The Western world generally has lost the concept of man as a creature made to the image and likeness of God, and reduced him either to a component part of the universe, to an economic animal or to a "physiological bag filled with psychological libido." Once man became materialized and atomized in Western thinking, it was only natural for a totalitarianism to arise to gather up the fragments into a new totality and substitute the collective man for the individual man who was isolated from all social responsibilities.” ThinkingMenWorldMadeWisdomUniversePoliticsIndividualLostSocialNaturalAnimalResponsibilityEconomyEconomicCreaturesConceptsFilledWesternArisePsychologicalLiberalismBagsCollectivesSubstitutesIsolatedSocial ResponsibilityComponentsFragmentsTotalitarianismTotalityWestern WorldPhysiologicalLibido Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future growth.” ShouldHumansSpiritEnergyGrowthForgetAnimalEssentialsCapacityCollectivesNever ForgetOur FutureFuture Growth Author:Shirley MacLaine
“People can relate to horses. Horses, I think, are basically in our genetic history. Horses were part of our culture, part of our collective society, for hundreds of years, and so, the horse is one of the most familiar animals to people of any race or culture or country.” PeopleThinkingYearsCountryCultureAnimalRaceHorseFamiliarRelateCollectives Author:Steven Spielberg
“Animals are happier than humans because they're like furry little existentialists, all living in the moment. Their collective motto: live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking pelt.” HumansLittlesMomentsYoungDiesAnimalCollectivesLive In The MomentLooking GoodMottoDie YoungFurryExistentialistLive FastLive Fast Die Young Author:Richard Jeni