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believed to have been made by H. erectus were reported as having been found in Majuangou, west of Beijing, and dated to 1.66 million years ago.
“The first successful detection of gravitational waves took place on September 18, 2015. This detection matched predictions for the burst of radiation from a merger of two black holes, with masses roughly twenty to thirty times that of our Sun, about 1.3 billion light-years away.”
― Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
― Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
“Epicurus saw human needs as divisible into three categories, and Schopenhauer clarifies Epicurus’s classifications: Natural and necessary needs – which cause pain if not satisfied. Essentially food and clothing, which are easy to satisfy. Natural but unnecessary needs – such as sexual satisfaction – which are more difficult to satisfy. Neither natural nor necessary needs – such as the latest gadget, other luxuries and personal fame – which are without end and difficult to satisfy.”
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
“We remember Epicurus’s thought: ‘Everything we need is easy to procure, while the things we desire but don’t need are more difficult to obtain.”
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
“We will talk later about success and fame, but for now it is absolutely the case that for the vast majority of people wealth does not significantly affect levels of happiness, despite how things might appear.”
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
“So we establish a goal, which may well be misguided, because we tend to make incorrect judgements about what makes us happy. What then? We now strive towards that specific, planned-out success, and here we encounter our second problem with the fetishising of goals. We invest too much and too specifically. If we stay true to our plan, we will need to sacrifice other aspects of our life to reach our intended destination. We forget that nothing happens in life independently of other things. You may find yourself a partner and get married as intended but then suffer the loss of other dreams that you now regret abandoning. You may become a millionaire by thirty-five but at the expense of your personal relationships. The goal has proven too specific, too isolated; upon reaching your destination you realise with companionless regret that this solitary and lonely place was too remote and too much has been left behind.”
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
Dwight’s 2025 Year in Books
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