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A cosmic struggle among ever more complex forms of life has become the anthropic foundational myth of the scientific age.

— Ivan Illich

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Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

Tools for Conviviality (1973)

Churches also have their problems with a Jesus whose only economics are jokes.

Universal education through schooling is not feasible. It would be no more feasible if it were attempted by means of alternative institutions built on the style of present schools.

Deschooling Society (1971)

A transformation of the environment from a commons to a productive resource constitutes the most fundamental form of environmental degradation.

Silence is a Commons (1982)

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