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The Door Into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

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Reading for the 11th time

read in November 2014

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Jeff Yoak said: " I particularly enjoyed this on my most recent reread. It is hard to write a time-travel story that doesn't rankle, but Heinlein managed it several times for me. ...more "

Jul 06, 2026 12:06PM · see review

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Game Theory (Open Yale)

by Ben Polak

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Jun 23, 2026 10:13AM

“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

tags: absurd, adoration, creation, dream, evidence, expenses, fantasy, flattery, history, homo-sapiens, industry, lord, lord-god, petulant, prayers, preposterous, ruler, universe

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“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
― Ayn Rand

tags: crime, government, innocence, law, libertarian

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