John Zerzan on Human Nature
Browse 2 quotations attributed to John Zerzan, catalogued under Human Nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to John Zerzan, entry #199734: "Logically, humanity itself will also become a domesticate of this order as the world of production processes us as much as it degrades and deforms every other natural system."
Attributed to John Zerzan, entry #230418: "You hear people say that all the time: "You can't put the genie back in the bottle"; "you're asking people to forget." But that's just another attempt to rationalize craziness by …"
2 Quotes by John Zerzan on Human Nature
"Logically, humanity itself will also become a domesticate of this order as the world of production processes us as much as it degrades and deforms every other natural system."
"You hear people say that all the time: "You can't put the genie back in the bottle"; "you're asking people to forget." But that's just another attempt to rationalize craziness by calling it human nature. And it's a variant of the old racist intelligence theory: because the Hopi didn't invent backhoes, they must not be curious. Sure, people are naturally curious but about what? Would you or I aspire to create the neutron bomb? Of course not. But the fact that I don't want to create a neutron bomb doesn't mean I'm not curious. Curiosity is not value-free. Certain types of curiosity arise from certain mindsets, and our culture's curiosity follows the logic of alienation not simple wonder, or the desire to learn."