We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
Section titled “We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It”
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Section titled “Metadata”- Author: Charles C. Mann
- Full Title: We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
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- URL: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/we-live-like-royalty-and-dont-know-it
Highlights
Section titled “Highlights”- But when I mentioned how remarkable it was that a hundred-plus people could parachute into a remote, unfamiliar place and eat a gourmet meal untroubled by fears for their health and comfort, they were surprised. The heroic systems required to bring all the elements of their dinner to these tables by the sea were invisible to them. Despite their fine education, they knew little about the mechanisms of today’s food, water, energy, and public-health systems. They wanted a better world, but they didn’t know how this one worked.