Ellen IJzerman (Prowisorio)

“In beginsel maakte het geen verschil of hij nu de ene of de andere kant uit ging. De wereld zou er onaangedaan onder blijven.”
― Remco Campert, Hotel du Nord

“There’s a new kind of quasi-religious discourse forming, with its own followers, its creed, its orthodoxy, its heretics, its priests, its literature, its eschatological framework. Even its own Singularity.
It’s AI.”
― Jeanette Winterson, 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next

“Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in economics that can be established independently of political, and frequently moral, judgements. Therefore, when faced with an economic argument, you must ask the age-old question ‘Cui bono?’ (Who benefits?), first made famous by the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide

“Once poor people are persuaded that their poverty is their own fault, that whoever has made a lot of money must deserve it and that they too could become rich if they tried hard enough, life becomes easier for the rich.”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction