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“This is the paradox of historical knowledge. Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses its relevance. The more data we have and the better we understand history, the faster history alters its course, and the faster our knowledge becomes outdated.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“The enormous energy of the twentieth century, enough to drive the planet into a new orbit around a happier star, was being expended to maintain this immense motionless pause.”
― Crash
― Crash
“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
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“We do not become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon.”
― Homo Deus: Breve historia del mañana
― Homo Deus: Breve historia del mañana
“In his mind World War III represents the final self-destruction and imbalance of an asymmetric world, the last suicidal spasm of the dextro-rotatory helix, DNA. The human organism is an atrocity exhibition at which he is an unwilling spectator . . .”
― The Atrocity Exhibition
― The Atrocity Exhibition
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