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some people never go crazy. what truly horrible lives they must live.
“In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“First, if you want reliable information, pay good money for it. If you get your news for free, you might well be the product.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Individual humans know embarrassingly little about the world, and as history has progressed, they have come to know less and less. A hunter-gatherer in the Stone Age knew how to make her own clothes, how to start a fire, how to hunt rabbits, and how to escape lions. We think we know far more today, but as individuals, we actually know far less. We rely on the expertise of others for almost all our needs.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“One of the greatest fictions of all is to deny the complexity of the world and think in absolute terms:”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“One potential remedy for human stupidity is a dose of humility. National, religious and cultural tensions are made worse by the grandiose feeling that my nation, my religion and my culture are the most important in the world – hence my interests should come before the interests of anyone else, or of humankind as a whole. How can we make nations, religions and cultures a bit more realistic and modest about their true place in the world?”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Autumn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Autumn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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125 friends
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818 books
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464 books
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92 books
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353 books
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129 books
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169 books
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