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Ahmad ElShazly
https://shazlys.blog
This is the song of significance. This is what motivates people to do the work that can’t be automated, mechanized, or outsourced. And this is the song that humans yearn to sing together.
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
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To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
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“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”
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“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
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Ahmad’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ahmad’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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