Goldwert Vol. 6

The Archive

value
noun
1 the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth or usefulness of something; the material or monetary worth of something; the worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it.
2 a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life.

Apis mellifera
European honey bee

Brassica oleracea var. italica
*Broccoli*

We have to wonder why the kings and nobles failed to recognize and solve these seemingly obvious problems undermining their society. Their attention was evidently focused on their short-term concerns of enriching themselves, waging wars, erecting monuments, competing with each other, and extracting enough food from the peasants to support all those activities. Like most leaders throughout human history, the Maya kings and nobles did not heed long-term problems, insofar as they perceived them.

—Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed