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Giving people what they want reduces us to consumers instead of treating us like citizens, consumers who are on the prowl for the predictable and comfortable. What we want winds up being suspiciously like what we've already got, more of the same-the cultural equivalent of a warm bath.
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Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their worth.
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How valiant to deny the importance of money when it is had in abundance.
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Astra Taylor
Born:
1979
(age 45)
Bio:
Astra Taylor is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and musician.
Known for:
The People's Platform (2014)
The Debt Resisters' Operations Manual (2013)
The Right to Have Rights (2017)
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