Rebecca Solnit Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. June 11, 1961
Birthday: June 11
At a certain fork in the road of automatization, Europeans chose to have more time, and they work far less than we do and get much longer vacations. We chose to have more stuff, the stuff sold to us through those beckoning adjectives-bigger, better, faster: Jet Skis, extra cars, second homes, motor homes, towering slab TVs, if not the time to enjoy them or to enjoy less commodified pleasures.
topic: Home, Vacation, Car, Overconsumption, Beckoning, Slabs, Fork In The Road, Bigger Better
