“I couldn’t tell if I liked being alone, or if I only endured it”
― Luster
― Luster
“in 1948 Einstein wrote: I advocate world government because I am convinced that there is no other possible way of eliminating the most terrible danger in which man has ever found himself. The objective of avoiding total destruction must have priority over any other objective.”
― The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
― The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
“But what could be more illusory than the world we see? After all, in the darkness inside our skulls, nothing reaches us. There is no light, no sound—nothing. The brain dwells there alone, in a blackness as total as any cave’s, receiving only translations from outside, fed to it through its sensory apparatus.”
― The Mountain in the Sea
― The Mountain in the Sea
“the closer one is to a source of power, the quieter it gets. Authority and money surround themselves with silence, and one can measure the reach of someone’s influence by the thickness of the hush enveloping them.”
― Trust
― Trust
“When all the senses are synchronized, the soul emerges.”
― The Invention of Morel
― The Invention of Morel
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