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  "To declare for a doctrine so remote as anarchism at this stage of history will be regarded by some critic as a sign of intellectual bankruptcy; by other a sort of treason, a desertion of the democratic front at the most acute moment of its crisis by all still as merely poetic nonsense. For myself, it is not only a return to Proudhon, Tolstoy, and Kropotkin, who were the predilections of my youth, but a mature realization of their essential rightness, and a realization, moreover, of the necessity, or the probity, of an intellectual confining himself to essentials." [ . . .] "I speak of doctrine, but there is nothing I so instinctively avoid as a static system of ideas. I realize that form, pattern, and order are essential aspects of existence; but in themselves, they are the attributes of Death. To make life, to insure progress, to create interest and vividness, it is necessary to break form, to distort pattern, to change the nature of our civilization. In order to cre...

"After WWII, the United States, which has been the wealthiest country in history, devoted most of its resources to building an environment that is unsustainable. Suburbs created with roads and automobiles became too dense to be walkable and obstructed the meaningful destinations between cities and neighborhoods by use of public transportation. Now, its budget far exceeds its inner mechanics. It's time for the ecological city. Not just "green spaces", but also introducing the discourse for urban planning. Social ecologists need to become involved in planning commissions with proposals for developments which emphasize dense cities, the reconstructions of viable neighborhoods, and public transportation." - Janet Biehl, a contributing author to Social Ecology and Social Change (2015)

  "I hope the exit is joyful and I hope to never return."

The unification of physical constants. Creative takes on how we engage universally. Being a "cartoonish accident" with the yearn to be understood. 2022/2023.

  "Frost is an early proponent of "bioeconomics". He reminds his readers of the value of natural capital and ecosystem services, exploring the variability of "constant capital", recording the complex values of a natural endowment, even if it's never processed into capital, and discussing investment capital in terms of nature and creativity. In over three-dozen poems, Frost depicts how nature, mood, love, and community matter in economic decisions. He portrays these elements  — what we may group under the broad economic term "externalities"  — as badly underrated factors in the measure of private value. Lionel Trilling's famous speech at Frost's 85th birthday party complained that his poems let readers believe in and idealize a certain, uncomplicated version of America  — which Trilling saw as a kind of moral and aesthetic green-washing. Similar to a company trying to sell its products as more socially and environmentally sound than is accu...