“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“The romantic contrast between modern industry that “destroys nature” and our ancestors who “lived in harmony with nature” is groundless. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of life.”
― From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
― From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
“She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
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