“No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.”
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Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.
What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.