There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
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“Ignorant people see everything in black and white—they rely heavily on the myth of pure evil—and they are strongly influenced by their own self-interest.”
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
“You can sit up here, feeling above it all while knowing you’re not, coming to the lonely conclusion that the only thing you can ever really know about anyone is that you don’t know anything about them at all.”
― This is Where I Leave You
― This is Where I Leave You
“Scala is also a functional language in the sense that every function is a value and because every value is an object so ultimately every function is an object.”
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“We have followed you," they said, "and we shall follow you wherever you go. If danger threatens you, we shall face it also. If it be death, we shall die with you. You are damned, and we wish to share your damnation.”
― Anthem
― Anthem
“Good and evil do not exist outside of our beliefs about them.”
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
Surabhi’s 2025 Year in Books
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