Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is that there never will be such a thrust so long as you're enacting a story that says the gods made the world for man. For as long as you enact that story, Mother Culture will demand increased food production today- and promise population control tomorrow.
Daniel QuinnIf you canโt discover whatโs keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - "Ishmael
Daniel QuinnThere are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little.
Daniel QuinnWe're not destroying the world because we're clumsy. We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it.
Daniel QuinnIn fact, of course, there is no secret knowledge; no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the public library.
Daniel QuinnTo you, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism look very different, but to me they look the same. Many of you would say that something like Buddhism doesn't even belong on the list, since it doesn't link salvation to divine worship, but to me this is just a quibble. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism all perceive human beings as flawed, wounded creatures in need of salvation, and all rely fundamentally on revelations that spell out how salvation is to be attained, either by departing from this life or rising above it.
Daniel Quinn