We seek more and more privacy, and feel more and more alienated and lonely when we get it. — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for… — Philip Slater Copy Share
It is a mistake - as so many over-centralized socialist societies have discovered - to try to eliminate money as an incentive. Money is… — Philip Slater Copy Share
Every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something. — Philip Slater Copy Share
A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize such utilization,… — Philip Slater Copy Share
Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have… — Philip Slater Copy Share
Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure -… — Philip Slater Copy Share
At a conservative estimate, there are probably a million men and women in their twenties and thirties who would happily work long hours doing… — Philip Slater Copy Share
One of the main reasons wealth makes people unhappy is that it gives them too much control over what they experience. They try to… — Philip Slater Copy Share
Most of us would like to end our lives feeling both that we had a good time and that we left the world a… — Philip Slater Copy Share
If we define pornography as any message from any communication medium that is intended to arouse sexual excitement, then it is clear that most… — Philip Slater Copy Share
“Individualism may be the greatest boon to authoritarianism since the whip, and has helped prolong it well beyond its natural lifespan. Its message is:… — Philip Slater Copy Share
We seek more and more privacy, and feel more and more alienated and lonely when we get it. — Philip Slater Copy Share
