Here is the thesis we’ll be exploring in this book: We, human beings, are a species that’s not only capable of acting on hidden motives—we’re designed to do it. Our brains are built to act in our self-interest while at the same time trying
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“Philosophy is like wine. There are good years and bad years but, in general, the older the better.”
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
“Time punishes us by taking everything, but it also saves us — by taking everything.”
― Ongoingness: The End of a Diary
― Ongoingness: The End of a Diary
“What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.”
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“I could not count the times during the average day when something would come up that I needed to tell him. This impulse did not end with his death. What ended was the possibility of response.”
― The Year of Magical Thinking
― The Year of Magical Thinking
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