William Powers, Author of Dispatches from the Sweet Life

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New World Library
(2018-09-04)
304 pages
ISBN: 978-1608685646

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You as Creature: What is biocentrism?

November 4, 2019 by William Powers 2 Comments

A reflection on our creaturehood, as I think of my two daughters growing up in this fast-changing world:

How difficult it has become today to be what you are: a creature in a territory to which it belongs. We pass a hundred billboards flashing the things you must possess. Kids compete against Separation-programmed kids for grades and teacher-praise, hardly anyone aware their world is imagined, through the mind of one Species alone. On social media, we have become the conjunction of a set of data points into which marketers drop baited hooks. In short, we are informed that you are something that you really are not, and then further informed that that “something” is by definition not good enough. “Never stop improving” is how one major corporate motto captures the cradle-to-grave ethos of Sapiens. 
                This 1-minute video from our land here in Samaipata captures something of how our daughter is growing up outside of this ethos. I hope you enjoy it.

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  1. Shari K-n says

    November 5, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    I love this so much. I live my life through your books and your little infrequent anecdotes.

    Reply
    • William Powers says

      December 11, 2019 at 1:11 am

      Thank you so much for your note.
      All the best,
      Bill

      Reply

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