Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things—though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside.
Jess C. Scott, The Other Side of Life
consumerism, cyberpunk, elven-charm, humankind, insightful, life, materialism, modernity, money, self-discovery, society, technology, truth, urban-fantasy