The arts often realize human truths well before other branches of human endeavor.

The arts often realize human truths well before other branches of human endeavor.

We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.

We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.

Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.

The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism

I used to wonder: Is Huxley right or is Orwell right? It turns out they're both right. First you get the new world state and endless diversions as you are disempowered. And then, as we are watching, credit dries up, and the cheap manufactured goods of the consumer society are no longer cheap. Then you get the iron fist of Oceania, of Orwell's 1984.