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Charles Perrow argues that this sort of denial is far too common. “We construct an expected world because we can’t handle the complexity of the present one, and then process the information that fits the expected world, and find reasons to
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Is the real world ( planet ) too complex for some people?
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
“Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city's reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty.”
― The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology
― The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology
“I think you should celebrate whenever you can. Take that momentary feeling of being lucky, that feeling of being on the right track, and enjoy it. It won't last.”
― Through the Heart
― Through the Heart
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”
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“A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?”
― I Am America
― I Am America
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Chris’s 2025 Year in Books
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