The novel function of the self as the primary locus of meaning, especially in an environment offering increasing amounts of accurate (which is to say painful) information about the self, is hard on modern humans. One popular option is self-deception; normal, healthy people tend to have an u...
This is true, in particular, for the negative meaning attributed to the term monoculture in relation to the possible environmental impacts of agriculture, first of all the risk of biodiversity loss. On the other hand, productive specialization, as the monoculture prefigures, is associated with the...