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“[Subject] to mass elections, those members of society with little or no moral inhibition against taking another man's property, habitual amoralists who are most talented in assembling majorities from a multitude of morally uninhibited and mutually incompatible popular demains, efficient demagogues, will tend to gain entrance in and rise to the top of government.”
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“Man is born in order to think (there he is, Kirill, finally!). Except that I don't believe that. I've never believed it, and I still don't believe it, and what man is born for -I have no idea. He's born, that's all. Scrapes by as best he can.”
― Roadside Picnic
― Roadside Picnic
“The answers you get depend on the questions you ask.”
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“Whenever someone starts talking about 'fair competition' or indeed, about 'fairness' in general, it is time to keep a sharp eye on your wallet, for it is about to be picked.”
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“In some sense, we’re all cavemen—we can’t imagine anything more frightening than a ghost or a vampire. But the violation of the principle of causality—that’s actually much scarier than a whole herd of ghosts… or Rubinstein’s monsters… or is that Wallenstein?”
“Frankenstein.”
― Roadside Picnic
“Frankenstein.”
― Roadside Picnic
Eric’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Eric’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
154 books
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11 friends
407 books
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36 friends
368 books
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46 friends
221 books
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60 books
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10 friends
90 books
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5 friends
217 books
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72 friends
92 books
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17 friends
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