To the ‘right’ he shows the consequences of a love of money and markets, of government by corporation, of an economic growth unmoored from place, which eats through nature and culture and leaves ruins. To the ‘left’ he shows the consequences of a rootless individualism, of rights without rites, of the rejection of family and tradition, of the champ

In this way, we begin to see that White Man’s time is a very real threat to human health and the quality of the human experience. The constant urgency, the relentless activity, and most of all, our radical de-synchronization with the natural rhythms of the living world—these things extract a destructive toll on the human body and spirit. Time sickn

As the world hurtles on toward its mysterious rendezvous, the old act of slowly reading a serious book becomes an elegiac exercise.