(b. 1939– )
U.S. writer and cultural anthropologist“Five moves, they say, equal a fire. But those who haven’t moved may begin to need a fire.”
more infosource: Composing a Further life (New York: Knopf, 2010), 38.
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category: consumerism, fire, move, paring down, simple life, stuff
medium: nonfiction
“We are living longer, but thinking shorter.”
more infosource: “An Anthropologist’s Take on Homemaking,” by Penelope Green, The New York Times, August 25, 2010.
category: economics, life span, philosophy
medium: newspaper article
notes: Bateson's personal website here
Mary Catherine Bateson