“We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).” HumansPoliticalEconomicConditionsAccountsInstitutionsWestDamageConcentrationPolitical PowerFlourishingEconomic Power Book:Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work Source: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
“While he was alive Peter Jennings did considerable damage to the cause of civilization and human deceny [sic] by his sympathy for Jew-hating terrorists and their supporters.” HumansHateCausesAliveCivilizationJewTerroristDamagePeterSupporter Author:Paul Waldman
“Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "To make away with or destroy; to waste or to squander; to use up." The economies that cater to the global consumer society are responsible for the lion's share of the damage that humans have inflicted on common global resources.” HumansMeanUseCommonEconomyShareEconomicWasteResourcesResponsibleDefinitionsConsumersDamageAppropriateGoodsLionsConsumerismEconomistDictionaryOverconsumptionOxford Author:Alan Thein Durning
“Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose bones and brains and members are the same; and every damage we do there is a form of mutilation, as if the fingers of the left hand were to be cut off by the right.” IfsMenHumansHandsFormWinningLeftDifferencesBrainCuttingGroupsVictoryTasteCreaturesMembersEssentialsFingersDefeatVariousBonesDamageLeft HandMutilation Book:the zodiac arch Source: the zodiac arch