Most of what we call the classics of world literature suggest artifacts in a wax museum. We have to hire and pay professors to get them read and talked about.
Edward AbbeyWe are slaves in the sense that we depend for our daily survival upon an expand-or-expire agro-industrial empireโa crackpot machineโthat the specialists cannot comprehend and the managers cannot manage. Which is, furthermore, devouring world resources at an exponential rate. We are, most of us, dependent employees. โฆEdward Abbey (1927-1989)
Edward AbbeyScience transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.
Edward Abbey