“As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will shrink. Over time, farmers will find other crops to support their livelihoods. Through such collective awakening we can make a difference in our world.” PeopleIfsWorldMotivationalMovingDifferencesNumbersSupportIndustryPlantPopulationAwakeningMeatMaking A DifferenceCollectivesOur WorldFarmersShrinksCropsLarge NumbersLivelihoodLivestock Author:Nhat Hanh
“The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into academic concert-hall lifelessness, which can be replicated by any middle class showing off its music lessons.” RealityMovingClassMiddleLessonsBlueJazzMiddle ClassCollectivesHallsConcertsAcademicShowing OffStarksAmerican LifeContinuumAfrosMusic Lessons Book:Daggers and javelins: essays, 1974-1979 Source: Daggers and javelins: essays, 1974-1979
“I think we need to find a way to provide people with a reason that the average man on the street can grasp and embrace, that would cause him to move away from the centuries-old idea of the individual and individualism, and move toward a different concept of what it means to be human in a collective society. Unless he has that reason, unless he has a fundamental reason to do that, it's going to be very difficult to cause him to make that shift, in my view.” PeopleThinkingMenWayNeedsHumansMeanIdeasDifferentReasonMovingIndividualCausesDifficultViewsStreetsCenturyConceptsFundamentalsEmbraceAverageCollectivesIndividualismAverage ManOld IdeasWhat It Means To Be Human Author:Neale Donald Walsch