I don’t visit zoo’s. Ever. Not because I don’t like animals, on the contrary I like animals very much. I don’t visit zoo’s because I don’t like seeing animals living in animal prison. The animals in zoo’s always have broken spirits readily apparent in their vacant gaze. It’s no fun seeing animals like that, it’s just sad.
The same reason I don’t visit zoo’s is the same reason I don’t have a normal, 9-5 office job - it kills the human spirit. Next time you go to work I want you to look in the eyes of all you see - from the other motorists stuck in traffic to all your cubicle drone co-workers. You will see one thing in all of them - broken spirits. Walk into the bathroom and take a look in the mirror. Do you have that same look in your eyes? Probably. Just like animals were not meant to live in zoo’s pretending it’s natural, humans were not meant to live in human zoo’s pretending to live life.
Animals living in zoo’s are fed everyday, they don’t have to do anything for their food, some of them get lazy and fat. If they were released back into the wild they would have to work harder to eat everyday. There would be no security. They would give up security for a life of freedom. Do you think, given the chance, that animals would stay in a zoo for the rest of their life if the cage doors were left open?
The difference between animals in a zoo and humans in an office is this: Animals are locked in their cage. Humans willingly stay in their cage. Your door is open. It has always been open. It’s only in your mind that the cage door is locked.
Hi ,
I’m 40 y-old , yet this is the first time in my life to hear this expression “Human zoo” !
Absolutely meaningful and ture .
I’ve recently quit my job and started my own construction business .
I purchased a smal lot in far resort town and started a 3 story buliding project on it as I could not afford to do so in a larger city .
Hope I did no go wrong as it might take a bit of time to sell the completed project and move on .
cheers ,
Hey Mehran, the term human zoo is coined by one of the most brilliant scientist of our times, Desmond Morris. He also has a book called ”The human zoo”. Read everything from Desmond Morris, you will understand so many stuff we experience in our times and we feel depressed for no reason. Morris has a 45′ BBC documentary about the human, start from there. Great to meet you friend
Dude I fucking hate that picture of the panda looking at the wall, and I also hate zoo’s. Human zoo’s are equally as fucked up.
I am in the process of breaking out of the zoo I’m in; the 9-5 misery of sitting in an office that’s in the basement, no windows, surrounded by flourescent lighting and electronics all day is crushing my soul. I’m done with taking lunch on someone elses terms, taking vacation on someone elses terms and working for what THEY think I’m worth. Humans weren’t created to ‘work’ like this.
Thanks to this site I have smelled freedom on the outside and every day I move closer to it.
Give me freedom or give me death…………….
Every time I worked in an office I felt out of place. It was full of gay people and opinionated feminists who seemed to rule everything. Leaving the 9 to 5 crap has helped me to live a better life. You are spot on with this post. Thanks Victor!
I worked in a call centre years ago, and could never quite shake the idea that I was basically being treated as a human version of a battery hen or a dairy cow. Will NEVER work a job like that again!