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Read in June, 2004
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Stiney
Although a fictional story, one of the main characters lectures the other main character in the real-world history of early civilization. In this history, he describes early historical man as divided in two camps: the leavers and the takers. The leavers lived at one with harmony in a nomadic lifestyle, where population was naturally controlled, and man respected the balance between his own needs and those of every other thing in the world. To the leavers, everything is sacred. The takers wer...more
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Read in September, 1998
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anyone who thinks the world isn't quite right
one of the books that most changed my outlook. a really brilliant look at the world as a tremendously perverted place that places value on the wrong things. it sounds ridiculous, but it's told through a novel about a talking (through telepathy) gorilla. it addresses the absurdity of valuation based on the market. sort of a neo-primitive perspective on the world under capitalism, but really intelligent. if you think the world isn't quite right, you should read this. the style of the book is...more
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Social Anthropologists
Really great book. It takes you through the steps of thinking critically about our culture and what has happened to "bring man where he is" and how its good and bad. It inspires us to think about how to make things better.
read it
very good
-jamie
read it
very good
-jamie
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