In 1957, historian Norman Cohn had tracked these outbreaks of apocalyptic thinking to periods of significant social, technological and economic change, when wealth inequality becomes highly visible.1 Arguably, with the tumultuous changes
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“all we had been doing was merely replacing one superstitious dogma for another: every ‘truth’ was merely a product of the historical, cultural and social lens we view and tell them through.”
― Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age
― Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age
“In her words, ‘preconceived images of oppressed Muslim women end up shaping policies that harm our communities’.”
― Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims
― Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims
“For more than twenty years, ever since those jetliners flew into the glass and steel of the World Trade Center, I have been preoccupied with the ways that large-scale shocks scramble our collective synapses, lead to mass regression, and make humans easy prey for demagogues.”
― Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
― Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
“The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.’ —Voltaire”
― Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age
― Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age
“At work and in life, the best we can do is plan for what we want to learn and contribute over the next year or two, and stay open to what might come next. To adapt an analogy from E. L. Doctorow, writing out a plan for your life “is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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