Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financi…

Jeremy Rifkin
43 citations
Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence. ✨ Jeremy Rifkin (1992). Biosphere politics: a cultural odyssey from the middle ages to the new age, HarperCollins
Life Politics
23

More Author Quotes

Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and tra … ▶
You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.
Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relat … ▶
What type of new economical system can organize this system? There is another sector in our life, that we rely on every single day, that are absolutely essential: the social commons, the social econo … ▶
The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include the whole of humanity and the v … ▶

Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence. ✨ Jeremy Rifkin (1992). Biosphere politics: a cultural odyssey from the middle ages to the new age, HarperCollins

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes