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“Enslavers made it a point to keep enslaved people as busy and exhausted as possible out of fear that idle time would give them the means to revolt or riot.21 Even more disturbing, enslaved people who tried to run away from bondage were seen as mentally ill and suffering from “runaway slave disorder.”22 By not accepting their proper role in society, they were demonstrating that they were broken and disturbed. This worldview became the foundation for American capitalism.23”
― Laziness Does Not Exist
― Laziness Does Not Exist
“To most people, the sheer wall of El Capitan in Yosemite valley is just a huge chunk of featureless rock. But to the climber it is an arena offering an endlessly complex symphony of mental and physical challenges.”
― Flow: The Classic Work On How To Achieve Happiness: The Psychology of Happiness
― Flow: The Classic Work On How To Achieve Happiness: The Psychology of Happiness
“We don’t normally think of the empirical method as heretical, but it is. A person who can trust his own senses and reason doesn’t need authorities to explain his world. He can, in fact, defy authorities when the facts and his reasoning lead him there. And worse, he is trading their revelation for his observations.”
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
“The early bird doesn’t necessarily get the worm as it might miss hours of sleep only to arrive in the wrong, wormless place.”
― The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market ... Guide
― The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market ... Guide
“There is often sadness hibernating beneath your angry words. The sadness won’t kill you. The anger actually might.”
― It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
― It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
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