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“As biotechnology and machine learning improve, it will become easier to manipulate people's deepest emotions and desires, and it will become more dangerous than ever to just follow your heart. When Coca-Cola, Amazon, Baidu or the government knows how to pull the strings of your heart and press the buttons of your brain, could you still tell the difference between your self and their marketing experts?
To succeed in such a daunting task, you will need to work very hard on getting to know your operating system better. To know what you are, and what you want from life. This is, of course, the oldest advice in the book: know thyself. For thousands of years philosophers and prophets have urged people to know themselves. But this advice was never more urgent than in the twenty-first century, because unlike in the days of Laozi or Socrates, now you have serious competition. Coca-Cola, Amazon, Baidu and the government are all racing to hack you. Not your smartphone, not your computer, and not your bank account - they are in a race to hack you and your organic operating system. You might have heard that we are living in the era of hacking computers, but that's hardly half the truth. In fact, we are living in the era of hacking humans.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“Eläessään ihmisen on ilmaistava itseään sinä yksilönä, joka hän on. Kun ihminen on kuollut, on terveellisintä sekoittaa luut ja nikamat ja yhtyä geenimassaan. Alas joukkohautaan! Useimmat ihmiset ovat kuitenkin käsittäneet asian päinvastoin! Eläessään he sekoittuivat massaan, ja myöhemmin, kun heidän piti kuolla, he olivat niin innokkaita saamaan oman hautapaikkansa, oman uurnansa. Monet pelkäsivät kuollakseen, että heidän ruumiinsa sekoittuisi jonkun toisen ruumiiseen! Eläessään he yrittivät olla kaikkien muiden kaltaisia!”
― Suzanne Brøgger, Transparence

“A wise old man was asked what he learned about the meaning of life. "Well", he answered, "I have learned that I am here on earth in order to help other people. What I still haven't figured out is why the other people are here.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“See, how cruel the whites are: their lips are thin, their noses sharp, their faces furrowed and distorted by holes. Their eyes have a staring expression. They are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something, they are always uneasy and restless. We do not know what they want, we do not understand them, we think that they are mad.” I asked him why he thought the whites were all mad. “They say they think with their heads,” he replied.

“Why, of course. What do you think with?” I asked him in surprise.

“We think here,” he said, indicating his heart.”
― C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections