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“our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), the lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.”
― Michael Lewis, Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service

“She thought: I can hold you and find that I still miss your body. She thought: I can listen to you speak and still miss the sound of your voice.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep

“Our Anishinaabe teachings are not abstract concepts or folklore. My ancestors had names, and they lived through good times and bad times. They dreamed of me and I dream of them. Aho.”
― Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

“The "false narrative" and "obtuse political talking points" around the IRS's criminal investigations depress him. He wishes more people knew about the work Koopman and his agents really do -- these tireless, dedicated people, working all hours, shutting down suppliers of fentanyl, saving kids, disrupting terrorists...Oh, and as a byproduct of that work, making cryptocurrency a safer space for all those libertarians who hate the IRS, so that they can go get rich without being ripped off.”
― Michael Lewis, Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service