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Un-denial, channeling Andrew Nikiforuk: | |||
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Description
Un-denial, channeling Andrew Nikiforuk:
"The Technosphere: An energy dissipating superorganism that destroys natural systems and replaces them with artificial systems dependent on high energy technologies.
- Wild salmon running in rivers are replaced with fish farms.
- Wetlands are replaced with water filtration projects.
- Old growth forests are replaced with tree plantations.
Technology is to this civilization what the catholic church was to 14th century France, the dominant institution that controls every aspect of your life."
Contextual Quotes
- “A major fact of our present civilization is that more and more sin becomes collective, and the individual is forced to participate in collective sin.” – Jacques Ellul
- “A low energy policy allows for a wide choice of lifestyles and cultures. If on the other hand a society opts for high energy spending its social relations must be dictated by technocracy and will be equally degrading whether labelled capitalist or socialist.” – Ivan Illich