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In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
“Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
“Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
Alexander’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexander’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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222 friends
911 books
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71 books
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503 books
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207 books
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44 books
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588 books
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45 friends
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