There is a deeper point to be made here, however, having to do with the specificity of everything. One of the great failings of our culture is the nearly universal belief that there can be anything universal. We as a culture take the same approach to living in Phoenix as in Seattle as in Miami, to the detriment of all these landscapes. We turn wild trees to standardized two-by-fours. We turn living fish into fish sticks. But every fish is different from every other fish. Every student is different from every other student. Every place is different from every other place. If we are ever to hope to begin to live sustainably in place (which is the only way to live sustainably), we will have to remember specificity is everything. Derrick Jensen
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The idea that there was a universal nature to life is a belief that has been destroyed by science. Life is an incredibly complex, dynamic, and individualistic thing. Each person is unique and nothing can be taken away from them without altering personality. We all have our own experiences and our own ways of dealing with things. The idea that one experience can be repeated in every place is wrong.

Source: Walking On Water: Reading, Writing, And Revolution

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