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January 27, 2023 2 comments on "We are trained for consumption rather than action – Ivan Illich (1975)"

We are trained for consumption rather than action – Ivan Illich (1975)

Are we conditioned to get rather than to do?

In such an intensely industrialized society, people are conditioned to get things rather than to do them; they are trained to value what can be purchased rather than what they themselves can create.

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January 10, 2020 0 comments on "Sustaining a company for 1,400 years"

Sustaining a company for 1,400 years

Kongō Gumi workers in early 20th century

Japan’s Kongō Gumi has been building Buddhist temples for 14 centuries. Is that evidence of a sustainable business?

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