Homo Phagon: Are We Nothing But Consumers?
We are becoming merely homo phagon—humans who consume, from the Greek phago, to devour. We are all mouth.
Debra Rienstra
July 5, 2025
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We are becoming merely homo phagon—humans who consume, from the Greek phago, to devour. We are all mouth.
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