Civilization is an unnatural act

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   Mike on July 14, 2023 at 12:24 am

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   Idea: Civilization is an unnatural act

   Link: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/367676...

   I agree with the idea that it’s unnatural, but it wasn’t Vonnegut, as far as I know, who said it (first).

   Robert E. Howard Quote

   Link: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/3

   Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph

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   Munch on July 13, 2023 at 10:08 pm

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   Idea: Civilization is an unnatural act

   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGru_4z1V...

   “Future civilizations – better civilizations than this one – are going to judge all men by the extent to which they’ve been artists. You and I, if some future archaeologist finds our works miraculously preserved in some city dump, will be judged by the quality of our creations. Nothing else about us will matter.”

   Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories (subtitulos castellano)

   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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  ChrisP on July 13, 2023 at 3:22 pm

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  Idea: Civilization is an unnatural act

  Link: https://www.wired.com/2007/04/where-kurt-v...

  More ideas, and where he got them are here https://www.wired.com/2007/04/where-kurt-vonn/

  Where Kurt Vonnegut Got His Ideas

  Link: https://www.wired.com/2007/04/wh

  Although apparently written with a thin magic marker on the back of a piece of toilet paper, this single page from the Fall 2004 issue of the Backwards City Review is Vonnegut’s attempt to explain that unanswerable question that annoys all artists: “Where do you get your ideas from?” Where do ... Read more

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