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“It is often said that God helps those who help themselves. This is a roundabout way of saying that God doesn’t exist,”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“The real nemesis of the modern economy is ecological collapse. Both scientific progress and economic growth take place within a brittle biosphere, and as they gather steam, so the shock waves destabilise the ecology.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“Our experience of consciousness is so intrinsic to who we are, we rarely notice that something mysterious is going on. Consciousness is experience itself, and it is therefore easy to miss the profound question staring us in the face in each moment: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious?”
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
“Life is nothing how he expected it would be when he was young and living under the delusion that things could be controlled. Nothing can be controlled. Only endured.”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“We don’t become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon. Dramatic improvements in conditions, as humankind has experienced in recent decades, translate into greater expectations rather than greater contentment.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Paul’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paul’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
480 books
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84 friends
14 books
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54 friends
103 books
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39 friends
40 books
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18 friends
5 books
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31 friends
169 books
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113 friends
7 books
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48 friends
127 books
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70 friends
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