Somebody check this out?

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下面这段文章我看了好几便仍旧不是很明白其中的意思，大家一起来看看吧。

Prostituting the World

A friend of mine announced at a dinner party that he had bought a flat in Paris because the shops there were “real”, and everyone seemed to know immediately what he meant – locally owned, personal, baking on the premises, odd smells and so on. I think it’s these things, that accountants and chief executives earn bonuses for abolishing, that make life authentic and three-dimensional, and therefore human.

Because little things actually make a big difference. I don’t just mean butterfly flapping and weather patterns in China; I mean the importance to people of walking to the shops and back safely, a human moment with the doctor, even the litter in the street – all of which fly below the radar of the technocrats. These are what make a difference to people’s lives. It’s a tough lesson for politicians, who would generally prefer to be off invading Iraq. If you want to change the world, you have to deal directly with real people in real places, and with very little things.

But I don’t feel hopeless. Modern, rational systems are too shallow to be authentic. Yet you only have to look at adverts these days to see how much people want their products and services real. They may not want authenticity as much as they say they do, but the massive growth of real ale, natural yoghurt, complementary medicines, farmers’ markets, slow food, organic vegetables, unmixed music and much else besides, shows that they still want it. And what enough people want, in a market economy, they will eventually start to get. After which I may be able to control my temper better on trains.


David Boyle – Authenticity: The Real Deal

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感觉象在说人存在的真实性需要整个社会的真实