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But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.
Lewis Hyde Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking
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But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.
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Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking

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