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“Children don’t see the world, don’t observe the world, don’t contemplate the world, but are so deeply immersed in the world that they don’t distinguish between it and their own selves.” - Karl Ove Knausgaard, Autumn
LF:13 Family Futures
What did Huxley believe would bring about this dystopia? Not a global world order or a charismatic despot: “The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency.”
Christine Rosen • On The Death of Daydreaming
“I don’t remember ever being forced to accept compromises, but I have willingly accepted constraints.”
— Charles Eames
The creative power of constraints
In taming the world, we have tamed ourselves
Erik Rittenberry • The Comfortable Life is Killing You
