Sign in with Facebook
“Sparta has no philosophers. That’s because the job of a philosopher is to understand things better, which is a form of change, so they don’t want it. Another difference: they don’t honour living poets, only dead ones. Why? Because dead poets don’t write anything new, but live ones do. A third difference: their education system is insanely harsh; ours is famously lax. Why? Because they don’t want their kids to dare to question anything, so that they won’t ever think of changing anything. How”
― The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
― The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
“OCCIDERE POSSUNT SED TE EDERE NON POSSUNT NEFAS EST”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“premeditatio malorum”
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
“Rancid horse penises, sold as meat at the company store, triggered the walkout.”
― Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
― Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
“For each natural number N, will the guest in room number N please move immediately to room number N (N +1)/2.’ Then they announce, ‘For all natural numbers N and M, will the Nth passenger from the Mth train please go to room number [(N + M)2 + N – M/2.”
― The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
― The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
David’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at David’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,781 books
|
26 friends
3,218 books
|
95 friends
1,559 books
|
199 friends
593 books
|
45 friends
866 books
|
76 friends
614 books
|
72 friends
829 books
|
101 friends
3,964 books
|
29 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by David
Lists liked by David
