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""Contrary to what the Ancient Greeks believed, technology is not a gift from the gods. It is forged by human hands and indelibly marked by its creators'world"" Feb 08, 2026 07:44AM

 
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Isabel Allende
“Me eché a llorar sin control, y ese torrente de lágrimas me fue lavando por dentro hasta que nada quedó del rencor y la culpa y los malos recuerdos.”
Isabel Allende, Violeta

David Foster Wallace
“I learned that the world of men as it exists today is a bureaucracy. This is an obvious truth, of course, though it is also one the ignorance of which causes great suffering.

“But moreover, I discovered, in the only way that a man ever really learns anything important, the real skill that is required to succeed in a bureaucracy. I mean really succeed: do good, make a difference, serve. I discovered the key. This key is not efficiency, or probity, or insight, or wisdom. It is not political cunning, interpersonal skills, raw IQ, loyalty, vision, or any of the qualities that the bureaucratic world calls virtues, and tests for. The key is a certain capacity that underlies all these qualities, rather the way that an ability to breathe and pump blood underlies all thought and action.

“The underlying bureaucratic key is the ability to deal with boredom. To function effectively in an environment that precludes everything vital and human. To breathe, so to speak, without air.

“The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable.

“It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.”
David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

Isabel Allende
“It’s hard to make money working; and the harder the work, the worse the pay. It takes effort not to lose everything and end up on the street. It’s easy, on the other hand, to get rich without producing anything, moving money from one place to another, speculating, taking advantage of stock opportunities, investing in the hard work of others.”
Isabel Allende, Violeta

Yuval Noah Harari
“Un gran número de extraños pueden cooperar con éxito si creen en mitos comunes.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens. De animales a dioses: Una breve historia de la humanidad

Yuval Noah Harari
“Una de las pocas leyes rigurosas de la historia es que los lujos tienden a convertirse en necesidades y a generar nuevas obligaciones.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens. De animales a dioses: Una breve historia de la humanidad

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