Everything Is Connected

Natural sciences regularly provide new data showing that the world exists as an interconnected system. This lays the ground for a post-capitalist ethic, reflected in the long-ignored wisdom of indigenous people.

This post belongs to a reading series of Less is More by Jason Hickel. For quick access to all chapters, please click here.

Disclaimer: This chapter summary is personal work and an invitation to read the book itself for a detailed view of all the author’s ideas.

On being ecological

Capitalism is culturally based upon the assumption that mankind is distinct and superior to nature and thus entitled to use the latter at its immediate and exclusive convenience. A cultural shift must therefore happen to decolonize lands, forests, and people from this predatory mentality.

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