“In the late 1960s, a park could purchase an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin for about $300. Today, that same species will cost more than $100,000. Indeed, this spike in price has forced zoos to change their entire philosophy. “The attitude was these marine mammals were an expendable commodity,” a former vice president of Sea World confided. “If these animals perished, you’d just go out and replace them. The ease didn’t drive a great deal of research of what they needed to keep them healthy.[...] Yet if “expendability” was the industry’s previous philosophy, “reproduction” came to be its new one.” HealthGreedNeglectAnimalsAnimal CrueltyDolphinsAquariumsCommoditization Book:Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance Source: Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance
“Unless individuals have the power to defy commoditization and define their own lives, their potential is vulnerable to the crushing forces of objectification.” IndividualMeaningPotentialRelevanceMeaningful LifeObjectificationIndividualsForcesMatter MoreCommoditization Author:Tom Hayes
“Commoditization is the enemy of meaning. In ages dominated by the forces of commoditization, individuals pay the price with devalued lives. by contrast, unique skills requiring mastery and expertise, like the skills of a brain surgeon, are safe from the threat of commoditization.” IndividualSkillsThreatMasteryRelevanceMeaningful LifeSkillMatter MoreCommoditizationDevalued Lives Author:Tom Hayes