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If a society improves, the experience of growing up in that society should be less taxing and more comfortable; if technology advances and efficiency increases, emerging generations should rationally expect to work less. If new kids aren’t
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“Canned food is a perversion,' Ignatius said. 'I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
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“In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”
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“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion, which some had trusted for a cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing rain on their fields. What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.”
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Brandon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brandon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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131 friends
462 books
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337 books
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463 books
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304 books
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390 books
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397 books
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