What do you think?
Rate this book


184 pages, Paperback
First published September 29, 2020
" What does it mean to be protectively stupid? This term was introduced by George Orwell, who in his dystopian novel 1984 presents it as the strategy of “crimestop.” Orwell declares it to be “the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought.” "
" As Mašović concludes, “The families of the missing are the biggest victims of this war. You have nowhere to mourn.” He calls this impossible mourning “a genocide that lasts.” It is no longer a crime against the dead, he explains. “This is genocide of the living.” "
" In classical Greek philosophy, truth was thought of as “like a medicine,” to be prescribed to the “patient” in carefully controlled amounts, and until recently it was standard medical practice to take a similar approach to the truth "
" Fantasy shapes a person’s perception of reality; as a result, that fantasy rarely changes when that person discovers new knowledge, truth, or facts. This is mainly because fantasy has l ittle to do with how things are in the “real world.” Often, the subject’s fantasy acts as a defense against “reality testing,” as well as against interpretations that might undermine it. As a result, no amount of truth or information about the object of one’s love can change the lover’s perceptions. "