'By ourselves we are outside the human definition, outside our identity.'

"It is not simply that we are here, made of the same matter, sharing the same improbable planet; it is that the sharing makes us what we are, each of us a fractal of this immense and indivisible ecosystem of relationship, a golden strand in a tapestry whose only meaning is in the interweaving of its threads.

"That despite this elemental interdependence we remain riven by conflict and division is the great paradox and the great tragedy and great opportunity for redemption.

"In his agrarian essay collection The Art of the Commonplace, poet, farmer, and philosopher Wendell Berry dismantles the paradox to the building blocks of the tragedy and reconfigures them into a cathedral of redemption." - Maria Popova

ARTICLE: The Sunflower and the Soul: Wendell Berry on the Collaborative Nature of the Universe and the Cure for Conflict

'By ourselves we are outside the human definition, outside our identity.'

A general blueprint for how any cooperative human group can function well

Given libraries’ unique combination of broad accessibility, civic neutrality, and deep public trust, policymakers should embed them intentionally within health and social planning frameworks.

"Socialism has been as impossible to separate from the narrative of the nation’s history as the capitalist economy itself."

"Just keep moving forward, even if the steps are small.”