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"probably putting this on pause and focusing on biography / transcription work. It is still solid, well-researched certainly-- I may or may not pursue this come June." — May 19, 2026 07:20AM
"probably putting this on pause and focusing on biography / transcription work. It is still solid, well-researched certainly-- I may or may not pursue this come June." — May 19, 2026 07:20AM
“humanity is a hunchback who, in ignorance of the fact that it is possible not to be hunchbacked, for thousands of years has sought an indication of a Higher Necessity in his hump, because he will accept any theory but the one that says that his deformity is purely accidental,”
― His Master's Voice
― His Master's Voice
“There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“One has only to look through the history of science to reach the most probable conclusion: that the shape of things to come is determined by things we do not know today, and by what is unforeseeable.”
― His Master's Voice
― His Master's Voice
“Ignorance is the parent of fear”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“It turns out, however, that freedom of expression sometimes presents a greater threat to an idea, because forbidden thoughts may circulate in secret, but what can be done when an important fact is lost in a flood of impostors, and the voice of truth becomes drowned out in an ungodly din? When that voice, though freely resounding, cannot be heard, because the technologies of information have led to a situation in which one can receive best the message of him who shouts the loudest, even when the most falsely?”
― His Master's Voice
― His Master's Voice
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