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Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work—whereas economics represents how it actually does work.
“introverts like people they meet in friendly contexts; extroverts prefer those they compete with.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Most sows are repeatedly inseminated, brood after brood, till their bodies give way and they go to slaughter. But while they’re still useful, they’re made to nurse—strapped to their sides in a farrowing crate, legs apart, nipples exposed. Pigs are extremely smart, sociable creatures, and this forced assembly-line intimacy makes the nursing sows want to die. Which, as soon as they dry up, they do.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“Embracing amnesty and open borders. Sure, other countries have borders (the ones most people are fleeing from), but discussing the possibility of an American border is smeared as racist—the”
― Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You
― Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You
“Hierarchies serve an important function. They enable complete strangers to know how to treat one another without wasting the time and energy needed to become personally acquainted.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Just as a warm and moist environment is conducive to the spread of deadly bacteria, the worlds of politics and business especially—with their long time frames, complex outcomes, and murky cause and effect—are conducive to the spread of half-cocked guesses posing as fact.”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
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