A process of alienation under modern specialization has disconnected us from the manufacture and distribution of our goods, stripping us of myriad opportunities for wonder, gratitude, and guilt, even though the same system gives us an unprecedented array of consumer goods conveniently available.
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Alain de BottonEvidence Quote
“it is a central point in the book that we are incredibly fortunate to have before is an enormous array of consumer goods... if there's a problem with this it is of course the fact that we live in a world where we just don't know where stuff comes from who made it and in what circumstances”
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