He who controls the spice controls the universe.
Frank HerbertMots clés economics science-fiction spice commodity supply-chain
Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy.
But you can't buy fighting spirit.
Mots clés military commodity civilian contractor
In our modern world, this elemental quality of storytelling is denied. We live today in a world in which everything has its place and function and nothing is left out of place. Storytelling is thus at a discount and like everything else in a world ruled by the laws of exchange value, literature is required to submit itself to the requirements of the market and must learn, like any other commodity, to adapt and serve needs that lie outside of itself and its concrete value. It is forced to stand not for itself but for an ideological cause of one sort or another, whether it be political, social or literary. It cannot exist for itself: like everything else it has to be justified. And for this very reason the power of storytelling is automatically devalued. Literature is reduced to the status of complimentary utilitarian functions: as a pastime to provide distraction and entertainment, or as a heightened activity that would claim to explore 'great truths' about the human condition.
Michael RichardsonMots clés art writing writers stories literature entertainment surrealism commodity
A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization. Everyone is hypnotized by production and comfort -- sewage system, elevator, bathroom, washing machine.
This state of affairs, which arose out of a struggle against poverty, overshoots its ultimate goal -- the liberation of humanity from material cares -- and becomes an obsessive image hanging over the present. Between love and a garbage disposal, young people of all countries have made their choice and prefer the garbage disposal. A complete and sudden change of spirit has become essential, by bringing to light forgotten desires and creating entirely new ones. And by an intensive propaganda in favor of these desires.
Gilles Ivain (aka Ivan Chtcheglov)
Mots clés materialism desire economy commodity situationist 37
Truth is commodity in political consumption.
Toba BetaMots clés truth political consumption commodity
Mystery is a commodity for society that willing to buy it.
Toba BetaMots clés society mystery commodity
I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information."
"And?"
"The most valuable?"
"People with information," I suggested.
Mots clés information commodity valuable
Truth, meanwhile, was a weapon
that even a damaged fist could still grasp and wield. It was a remarkably versatile commodity; it could be traded, or help serve an end, or produce a
profit.
Mots clés truth weapon profit end help trade fist remarkable commodity serve damage grasp wield produce versatile
Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore.
Harlan EllisonMots clés writers courage commodity
You are what you consume, and as an organism and consciousness, you in fact become a commodity and predator yourself.
Bryant McGillMots clés consciousness predator commodity
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