Elements Of Refusal Quotes

“As pressures build for life to become more quantified and machine-like, so does the drive to make machines more life-like.”
― John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal

“Human speech conceals far more than it confides; it blurs much more than it defines; it distances more than it connects,” was George Steiner’s conclusion.”
― John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal

“Admittedly, the nature of language is one of the most mysterious questions that exists for man to ponder on.”
― John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal

“to know time is to fear it, and to know civilized time is to be terrorstricken.”
― John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal

“a mere increase of wages will never redeem the evils of the industrial system”
― John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal

“David Jenkins has observed that “The impression has begun to get about that the Industrial Revolution is not going to work out after all.”
― John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal