Aneesh Abraham > Quotes

“It is as if Nature has declared a harsh X prize; survive if you do, die if you do not.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Herd mentality is evident in both the orthodox and liberal camps, as every ludicrous proposition finds supporters, like a puff of air sweeping across a land of wind chimes.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Following the principles of meritocracy, the abdicated throne of the Cosmos awaits the deserving to pull the sword from the stone. Effectively, Nature created her adversary, a rogue who threatens the balance on Earth. Maybe the creation of a detrimental race was purposeful, but Nature has been known to experiment continuously and launch failing products from her labs.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“An artist looks at a piece of paper or holds an instrument in hand and then stops, going “off-hook.” These are the precious moments of the reverie—the “dial-up” preceding a possible “handshake,” following which the connection is put through and the flow begins.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The ease of life and convenience in the Internet era is indeed mesmerizing, keeping us bound, and pushing the larger questions out of the mind with its constant buzz. But it can be turned off with a toggle.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The inertia of the masses is not easily overcome, a fact that the oppressive mind capitalizes upon.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Money is better than testosterone for pitting man against man, leaving a bloody trail of death and destruction wherever it goes.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“To wrestle is an instinct, seen in playful cubs. The delight is amplified in the intellectual domain, particularly when the challenger is the Cosmos.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Having evolved Man from scratch, Nature knows our innermost secrets, the weaknesses, and our vulnerabilities—the switches to wind us down. She is the one who hardcoded the deficiencies into the human brain, burning the ROM irreversibly and planting the bugs in it. As a result, the mind is incapable of imagining the entirety of the Cosmos.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Today, religion is a hunted animal, making peace with human knowledge and fighting for a space to stand, preferably in front of science and progress. It succeeds to a great extent, as all the science and math in the world cannot guard Man against death and suffering, while religion’s placebo effect lasts to the very end. There is a large void in the Cosmos that can only be filled with hope and imagination.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The end-result of institutionalized religion is the alienation of God.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The ills plaguing the human systems are inevitable, for with sentience, come the sentiments.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“In the larger context, Man is nowhere close to answering the oldest questions, drawing a blank on the underlying motives of the Cosmos.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Genghis Khan could well have killed five hundred million men, but it means nothing more than an interesting statistic to the next generation. The death count is another figure on a printed page, and with a little effort, the page can be turned over.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Man is a sucker when it comes to matters of fate, destiny, and meaning.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Everything from supplication to self-enlightenment and salvation is individualistic gratification in the end, borne from the same vine of desires.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The universe may have a consciousness, but not a shred of conscience.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Among the many things that Man is capable of, one is self-destruction.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The emptiness of space is a blank slate, offering us the opportunity to start over, on an endless canvas that can support our continuous cycle of learnings and failings.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“To talk about love and war on the same page defines the vulnerable human spirit, traits that might bewilder extraterrestrial life.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“A generation abusing the planet, however, may not be the one paying the damages.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The phenomenon of iterative evolution or the repeated evolution of a species from the same ancestor at different times may be the plan on a larger scale [for mankind], especially after a global purge.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Man begins the journey in Purgatorio, proceeding to survive the inferno, and someday hoping to find the way to Paradiso.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Man’s brain is overclocked since early childhood, becoming unstable and burning up like embers blasted by oxygen.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“Just as no child is born into the world without a carnal act, no victory can be achieved without an inglorious deed or blemish.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“We all serve a purpose, whether it is to create, distribute, market, consume, sabotage, or comment.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The invisible hand wears itself thin, giving market players happy endings.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“If we, humans, were to discover that the universe is fathomable and anything smaller than infinity, the revelation would disrupt and doom us. Man worships complexity. For us, the unattainable universe complexity is the source of our spirit and dynamism, rather than the cause of confusion or death.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“No one jumps into the limelight, above the line of obscurity without a certain degree of ruthlessness and defiance, or at least a birth as a “prince” by the doings of their fathers.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux

“The world of Man is a giant pyramid scheme, running on credit. Keep on adding participants and rewards, and the circus might never end.”
― Aneesh Abraham, Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux