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Lucas Gelfond
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“The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas, sheltered by benevolent shopping malls, they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world.”
― Kingdom Come
― Kingdom Come
“The modern distinction between science, politics (including technology) and art is both unfeasible and pernicious”
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“Yet it is a fact, not entirely lost on management consultants, that some people would rather work twelve hours a day of their own choosing than eight that are prescribed. Provided, of course, that the work is interesting. That was the main thing.”
― The Soul of a New Machine
― The Soul of a New Machine
“Part of the fascination,” he said, “is just little boys who never grew up, playing with Erector sets. Engineers just don’t lose that, and if you do lose it, you just can’t be an engineer anymore.”
― The Soul of a New Machine
― The Soul of a New Machine
“Many young people strangely boast of being "motivated"; they re-request apprenticeships and permanent training. It's up to them to discover what they're being made to serve, just as their elders discovered, not without difficulty, the telos of the disciplines. The coils of a serpent are even more complex that the burrows of a molehill.”
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Lucas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lucas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
512 books
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58 friends
494 books
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926 books
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631 books
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