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In America, where surface has always passed for substance, people always believe guys like Frank Dunning.
“Panic is a form of hubris. It comes from the smug feeling that one knows exactly where the world is heading: down. Bewilderment is more humble and therefore more clear-sighted.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Once AI makes better decisions than we do about careers and perhaps even relationships, our concept of humanity and of life will have to change.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you. When you dwell on their words and let them dominate your thoughts, you make them your master.”
― The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
― The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
“freedom is not less endangered if attacked in the name of anti-Fascism than in that of outright Fascism.”
― Escape from Freedom
― Escape from Freedom
“to feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature; and can alone produce among mankind that harmony of sentiments and passions in which consists their whole grace and propriety.”
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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