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Vaclav Smil writes: “The diffusion and complexification of human societies have led to a large array of environmental changes that have transformed this planet during the past 5 ka, and particularly during the past 100 years, more rapidly
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“my life question should not be “What do I want to receive?” but “Who do I want to be?” I realized that what mattered more than acquisition was character development.”
― Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
― Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
“Our existential quest, then, is to transcend the distractions of meaningless digital ephemera that have become our companions and to regain the virtues of true friendship.”
― Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
― Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
“I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?"—Job xii. 3.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“People are rotten everywhere you go. They’re no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let’s see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
“SWIGERT provided a list of 12 SERE techniques for possible use by the CIA: (1) the attention grasp, (2) walling, (3) facial hold, (4) facial slap, (5) cramped confinement, (6) wall standing, (7) stress positions, (8) sleep deprivation, (9) waterboard, (10) use of diapers, (11) use of insects, and (12) mock burial.136”
― The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Complete Standard Reflowable Flexible Ebook Edition
― The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Complete Standard Reflowable Flexible Ebook Edition
The Year of Reading Proust
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
Philosophy
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Portland Readers
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People who like to read books* in Portland, OR and surrounding areas. * = books that are vegan, yes?
Steve’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Steve’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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