(Wisconsin)
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
(Arcade)
(Chicago)
(Ecco)
"We humans have always defined ourselves by narration. What's happening
today is that we're allowing multi-national corporations to tell our
stories for us. The theme of corporate stories (and millions drink them
in every day) seldom varies: to be happy you must consume, to be
special you must conform. Absurd, obviously, yet our identities have
become so fragile, so elusive, that we seem content to let advertisers
provide us with their version of who we are, to let them recreate us in
their image: a cookie-cutter image based on market research, shallow
sociology, and insidious lies. Individualism is bad for business --
though absolutely necessary for freedom, progressive knowledge, and any
possible interface with the transcendent. And yes, it's entirely
possible to function as a free-thinking individual without succumbing to
narcissism."
Tom Robbins
Robbins is a direct descendant of Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)
Think about that a moment.
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