A Culture That Values Production Over Life

The Pretense That Humans Are Superior To Nonhumans Is Entirely Unsupportable. I Have Seen No Compelling Evidence That Humans Are Particularly More "intelligent" Than Any Other Creature. I Have Had Long And Fruitful Relationshis With Many Nonhuman Animals, Both Domesticated And Wild, And Have Reveled In The Bouquet Of Radically Different Intelligences - Different Forms, Not Different "quantities" That They Have Introduced To Me, Each In His Or Her Own Time, In His Or Her Own Way.

Every Morning When I Awake I Ask Myself Whether I Should Write Or Blow Up A Dam. I Tell Myself I Should Keep Writing, Though I'm Not Sure That's Right

If Any Thing Can Be Predicated As Universally True Of Uncultivated Man, It Is That He Will Not Labour Beyond What Is Absolutely Necessary To Maintain His Existence.

A Culture That Values Production Over Life Values The Wrong Things, Because It Will Produce Things At The Expense Of Living Beings, Human Or Otherwise.

I Think A Lot Of Us Are Increasingly Recognizing That The Dominant Culture Is Killing The Planet.