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January 27, 2023 0 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 7, 2020 0 comments on "Cycling in Montreal in 1897"

Cycling in Montreal in 1897

Montreal bicycle map from 1897 Montreal bicycle map from 1897

From Montreal, evidence of the future of mobility from its forgotten, pre-oil past: a bicycle map from 1897.

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