Math is not about “getting the right answer,” it’s about building arguments backing up an answer.
“Even today, the Brazilian government estimates that there are more than sixty Indian tribes that have never been contacted by outsiders.”
― The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
― The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
“Is that what writing amounts to? The voice your ghost would have, if it had a voice?”
― MaddAddam
― MaddAddam
“Learn to appreciate those moments in life where little is demanded of you. They are often fleeting, and never to be taken for granted.”
― The Assassination of Orange: A Foreworld SideQuest
― The Assassination of Orange: A Foreworld SideQuest
“Can a single ant be said to be alive, in any meaningful sense of the word, or does it only have relevance in terms of its anthill?”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“Unlikely a handgun any more because it was around that time that the CorpSeCorps was confiscating those, having raised the spurious banner of civic safety and thus effectively securing a monopoly for themselves on killing at a distance.”
― MaddAddam
― MaddAddam
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