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Lewis Hyde has made extensive studies of gift economies. He finds that "[[objects will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts.::highlight]]" A gift relationship with nature is a "formal give-and-take that acknowledges our participation in, and dependence upon, natural increase. We tend to respond to nature as a part of ourselves, not a stranger or alien available for exploitation. Gift exchange is the commerce of choice, for it is commerce that harmonizes with, or participates in, the process of [nature's] increase."
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Our smarter, richer betters (in Babel times, the king’s name was Nimrod) often preach the idea of a town square, a marketplace of ideas, a centralized hub of discourse and entertainment—and we listen. But when I go back and read Genesis, I hear God saying: “My children, I designed your brains to scale to 150 stable relationships. Anything beyond that is overclocking. You should all try Mastodon.”
God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter
Paul Ford
For there is no star of such magnitude who more cunningly positions themselves as apolitical than Beyoncé. Her performance as an icon is meant to connect with the broadest number of people possible.
More than anything, *Renaissance* is a testament that Beyoncé is a brand that stands for absolutely nothing beyond its own greatness.
The Silence Is the Loudest Part of Renaissance: A Film
Angelica Jade Bastién
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