...the modern idea of productivity is so often a frame for what is actually the destruction of the natural productivity of an ecosystem [...] like the paradox in Zhuang Zhou's story, which more than anything is a joke about how narrow the concept of usefulness is. #JennyOdell

...the modern idea of productivity is so often a frame for what is actually the destruction of the natural productivity of an ecosystem [...] like the paradox in Zhuang Zhou's story, which more than anything is a joke about how narrow the concept of usefulness is. #JennyOdell

— English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 14, 2026