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"Innocents Abroad is fascinating.
Great satire. Really skewers:
- some super- naive types - just one e.g. those who think their interests/actions are universal interests/actions
- those who put up with the mundane too long
- those who develop bad/harmful habits but who get called out about them (including the author!!!)" — Sep 06, 2026 04:20AM
"Innocents Abroad is fascinating.
Great satire. Really skewers:
- some super- naive types - just one e.g. those who think their interests/actions are universal interests/actions
- those who put up with the mundane too long
- those who develop bad/harmful habits but who get called out about them (including the author!!!)" — Sep 06, 2026 04:20AM
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"2026-09-30b I just finished the chapter on the Twin Sparrows which includes significant discussion of AI and education, much of it very important, since it is so close, so realistic, and so powerful. I certainly do not agree with it all, but this chapter, the story and the analysis, both need to be considered very carefully, because this tech is coming, and some is already here, right now!!!" — Sep 30, 2026 07:28AM
"2026-09-30b I just finished the chapter on the Twin Sparrows which includes significant discussion of AI and education, much of it very important, since it is so close, so realistic, and so powerful. I certainly do not agree with it all, but this chapter, the story and the analysis, both need to be considered very carefully, because this tech is coming, and some is already here, right now!!!" — Sep 30, 2026 07:28AM
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2026-01-07 about 30% into this fascinating and very popular and influential book.Many good insights and lessons.
But a surprising number of strange omissions:
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No man can attract money if he despises it. Many people are kept in poverty by saying: "Money means nothing to me, and I have a contempt for people who have it." This is the reason so many artists are poor.
True. Amazing, considering all the other anti-reality quotations.
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
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“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
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