“In every adult human there still lives a helpless child who is afraid of aloneness.... This would be so even if there were a possibility for perfect babies and perfect mothers.” IfsHumansChildrenStillsWould BeMotherPerfectPossibilityBabyAdultsHelplessStill Life Book:Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual Source: Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual
“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.” PeopleFormLife IsCultureNationsAudienceClearRiskPossibilitySeriousBabyConversationRoundsPopulationEntertainmentPerpetualDistractedTriviaVaudevilleBaby Talk Book:Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business