Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.
Mohsin HamidOur countries are weaker: they cannot protect us from imported goods, they can't protect us from climate change, they cannot protect us from epidemics. These things cross borders. But the kind of cooperation that would protect us from those things was completely lacking and because of this there's been a backlash. People feel vulnerable.
Mohsin HamidWe need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.
Mohsin HamidWhen people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.
Mohsin Hamid