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In America, where surface has always passed for substance, people always believe guys like Frank Dunning.
“Following the Agricultural Revolution, property multiplied and with it inequality. As humans gained ownership of land, animals, plants, and tools, rigid hierarchical societies emerged, in which small elites monopolized most wealth and power for generation after generation.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“we now find ourselves in the Trump moment. This time, however, the liberal story is not faced by a coherent ideological opponent like imperialism, fascism, or communism. The Trump moment is far more nihilistic.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“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
“Religions, rites, and rituals will remain important as long as the power of humankind rests on mass cooperation and as long as mass cooperation rests on belief in shared fictions.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“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
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