"Waste is the highest virtue one can achieve in advanced capitalist society" - 'Dance, Dance, Dance' by Haruki Murakami. My second book by this author, he had me there as I read these lines.
And he goes on to say how he contributes to this waste by writing articles that take up reams of paper. It resonated with my thoughts.
We write, and we use paper and we cut trees.
We write, and we use our computers and use energy.
The need to speak, to be heard, to share and exchange ideas - a deep-rooted desire that does not go with time. The more we age, the more we have something to say... whether there is anyone to listen or not...
And this waste is just one kind of waste. What to talk of accumulation and display of wealth and material goods? Can anything change so long as our pursuit is measured by external standards?
And he goes on to say how he contributes to this waste by writing articles that take up reams of paper. It resonated with my thoughts.
We write, and we use paper and we cut trees.
We write, and we use our computers and use energy.
The need to speak, to be heard, to share and exchange ideas - a deep-rooted desire that does not go with time. The more we age, the more we have something to say... whether there is anyone to listen or not...
And this waste is just one kind of waste. What to talk of accumulation and display of wealth and material goods? Can anything change so long as our pursuit is measured by external standards?
