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Such a scandal could never arise in the United States of America. They have a sense of proportion and they understand Human Nature over there; it’s the secret of their success.
“But the shock and vertigo of the recognition of the fragility of everything, and my own powerlessness in it, has left its mark on me.”
― The End of Everything
― The End of Everything
“The last thing we need is blind optimism about technology.”
― Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
― Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
“It’s alarming to face the prospect that you might never truly feel as though you know what you’re doing, in work, marriage, parenting, or anything else. But it’s liberating, too, because it removes a central reason for feeling self-conscious or inhibited about your performance in those domains in the present moment: if the feeling of total authority is never going to arrive, you might as well not wait any longer to give such activities your all—to put bold plans into practice, to stop erring on the side of caution. It is even more liberating to reflect that everyone else is in the same boat, whether they’re aware of it or not.”
― Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
― Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“Smell is life’s oldest sense. Standing here alone, nostrils flaring, it occurs to me that breathing is so much more than just getting air into our bodies. It’s the most intimate connection to our surroundings.”
― Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
― Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
“If the fight against smallpox, polio, and malaria shows us anything, it's that we can't make the world a wildly better place without science.”
― Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
― Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
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This is a book club for CISOs, Security and Risk Management Leaders and Cybersecurity professionals
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