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Daniel Gómez
https://www.goodreads.com/gomaloca
Your most important challenge in developing a fact-based worldview is to realize that most of your firsthand experiences are from Level 4; and that your secondhand experiences are filtered through the mass media, which loves
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“We have been taught that freedom is the freedom to pursue our petty, trivial desires. Real freedom is freedom from our petty, trivial desires.”
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addiction
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addiction
“Yes, people made mistakes but that’s what humans do and I am under no obligation to hoard these errors and allow them to clutter my perception of the present.”
― Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions
― Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions
“Addiction is when natural biological imperatives, like the need for food, sex, relaxation or status, become prioritised to the point of destructiveness. It is exacerbated by a culture that understandably exploits this mechanic as it's a damn good way to sell Mars bars and Toyotas.”
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
“You can never quench your spiritual craving through material means.”
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
― Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
“Intolerance of others’ views (no matter how ignorant or incoherent they may be) is not simply wrong; in a world where there is no right or wrong, it is worse: it is a sign you are embarrassingly unsophisticated or, possibly, dangerous.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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