Zen Road to Affluence

0 votesMarshall Sahlins, in his essay The Original Affluent Society about the nature of so-called “hunter-gatherer” societies, describes them as “taking the Zen road to affluence.” What he boils their success to is “limited necessities and a proliferation of means.” … Continued

Modernity: Neolithic Trickery 2.0

0 votesOver 9,000 years ago, depending on which group of people we are talking about, the Neolithic or New Stone Age started. You might be wondering what that’s got to do with YOU and I. The short answer: EVERYTHING. Now, … Continued