Zerzan, though, goes further; looking at how it was the abstract, intellectual basis of modernity – the human duality of body and mind – which was, and continues to be the basis for our severance from the natural world.
!- comment : duality - many have commented on this, including the above
Massive, unfulfilling consumption, within the dictates of production and social control, reigns as the chief everyday consolation for this absence of meaning
!- quotable : John Zerzan - this is similar to: David Loy, Byung-Chui Han, Jay Garfield, John Varvaeke - https://jonudell.info/h/facet/?user=stopresetgo&tag=david+loy&max=100&exactTagSearch=true&expanded=true&addQuoteContext=true - https://hyp.is/go?https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meaningcrisis.co%2F&group=world
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/travel/john-jay-paris-abigail-slavery.html
A wonderfully written short essay about the scant history of an African American slave owned by John Jay and her time in Paris.