El Origen De La Cultura
To cultivate is to humanise the wilderness and promote the life-enhancing aspects of the environment. You could say that it marks the very origins of culture. The word ‘culture’, after all, is derived from working the soil and the growing and tending of plants.
Sue Stuart-Smith • The Well Gardened Mind
Les cultures sont des constructions défensives contre le chaos de la conscience, contre l’entropie psychique ; elles sont des réponses adaptées à la vie en société, comme les plumes pour les oiseaux et la fourrure pour les mammifères. Elles prescrivent des normes, proposent des buts, élaborent des croyances qui aident à faire face aux défis de l’ex
... See moreLéandre Bouffard • Vivre - La Psychologie du bonheur (French Edition)
cultural production. This is the shared creative output of a community that reflects its perspective on the world. This could be art, architecture, movies, television, comic books, podcasts, stories, music, instruments, dance, literature, fashion, hairstyles, food, poetry, toys, or branded products. Community members use these productions as outwar
... See moreMarcus Collins • For the Culture
If tensions, conflicts and irresolvable dilemmas are the spice of every culture, a human being who belongs to any particular culture must hold contradictory beliefs and be riven by incompatible values. It’s such an essential feature of any culture that it even has a name: cognitive dissonance.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
By “culture” I mean the large body of practices, techniques, heuristics, tools, motivations, values, and beliefs that we all acquire while growing up, mostly by learning from other people.
Joseph Henrich • The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
people are cultural beings. They can’t help themselves.