#JeanJacquesRousseau

“The Enlightenment's biggest celebrity turned on the Enlightenment itself — arguing that progress had made us cleverer, richer, and worse — and nearly every modern argument about inequality, authenticity, childhood, or "the will of the people" is downstream of him.”

“Human beings are born good and free, and are corrupted by the very civilization they built — so politics, education, and the self must all be redesigned to give freedom a second chance.”