Alex

“To reflect upon the present as history is to understand that history may now be made by default. Understanding that, we no longer need accept as “necessary” the lesser evil. We no longer need to accept historical fate, for fate is a feature of specific kinds of social structure, of irresponsible systems of power.

These systems can be changed. Fate can be transcended We must come to understand that while the domain of fate is diminishing, the exercise of responsibility is also diminishing and in fact becoming organized as irresponsibility. We must hold men of power variously responsible for pivotal events, we mush unmask their pretentions- and often their own mistaken convictions- that they are not responsible. Our politics, in short, must be the politics of responsibility.”
― C. Wright Mills

“If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a hand in the development of humankind, or if you just have a burning desire to improve one small aspect of it, then you have an adventure waiting. Will you take it? This book is your invitation.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Just because you're adequately good at something doesn't mean that's what you should do.”
― Ling Ma, Severance

“To despise someone is intimate by default.”
― Ling Ma, Severance