https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/social_impact/ Recent content in Social_impact on George's Blog Hugo en-US Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-unsettling-of-america-culture-and-agriculture/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:32:57 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-unsettling-of-america-culture-and-agriculture/ <p>I had been meaning to read Wendell Berry for a while as he lives less than 30 minutes away. Without much research I chose &lsquo;The Unsettling of America&rsquo; which is his critique of modern agricultural and its effects on society. Written in 1977 it seems like not much has changed. To me Wendell Berry sounds like a modern-day Jeremiah. It was really coincidental to have read Grapes of Wrath just prior to starting this book, as it deals with similar content. The central theme of the book is that modernity has up-ended the natural patterns and cycles and replaced them with destructive and exploitative practices. The book opens with:</p>