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"We find ourselves today in the midst of a somewhat peculiar state of society, which we call Civilisation, but which even to the most optimistic among us does not seem altogether desirable."

— Edward Carpenter (Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure)

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October 06, 2011
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"The friendly and flowing savage, who is he? Is he waiting for civilisation, or is he past it, and mastering it?"

— Whitman

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October 06, 2011
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"What I’ve endeavored to say in all my books is that the flaw in our civilization isn’t in the people, it’s in the system. It’s true that the system has been clanking along for ten thousand years, which is a long time in the timescale of an individual life, but when viewed in the timescale of human history, this episode isn’t remarkable for its epic length but for its tragic brevity."

— Daniel Quinn (Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure)

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September 27, 2011
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