[Homestead] Something to muse on
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Fri Feb 25 11:12:10 EST 2005
"Drawn forward by debt, desire, or both, Americans are emerging as the
first addicts of the technological age, driven still by some ancient
instinct for self-preservation that in our time of affluence is misplaced.
. . .It is in this blind pursuit of material prosperity that Americans have
begun to push the boundaries of human adaptation, as is evidenced by rising
levels of greed, anxiety, and obesity."
--From American Mania: When More is Not Enough, by Peter C. Whybrow M.D.,
published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc.
(Found in the AARP Bulletin / February 2005)
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