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“If you’ve made something that brings joy to yourself and to others, even if it’s only a few people, you’re a success.”
― Everybody Has a Podcast
― Everybody Has a Podcast
“Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if one doesn’t wish. You’re free to enjoy its benefits without troubling your conscience.”
― Ancillary Justice
― Ancillary Justice
“Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
“We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history.”
― Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
― Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
“A sign in the Hall of Biodiversity offers a quote from the Stanford ecologist Paul Ehrlich: IN PUSHING OTHER SPECIES TO EXTINCTION, HUMANITY IS BUSY SAWING OFF THE LIMB ON WHICH IT PERCHES.”
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Allen’s 2025 Year in Books
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