Michael Pollan Quotes

For great many species today, “fitness” means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.

Michael Pollan

My native tense is future conditional, a low simmer of unspecified worry being the usual condition.

Michael Pollan

He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.

Michael Pollan