Shea Levy

“And the careful manipulation of the occluding edges of clothing with progressive revealing of skin is a form of the theatrical art called stripping.”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“I believe consciousness is simply what it feels like to have a neocortex.”
― Jeff Hawkins

“What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“If you add up all the wars, genocides, and terrorist acts that occurred since 1973, the death toll is a staggering twelve million. Prior to its eradication, smallpox killed 1.5 to 3 million people every year, so by preventing these deaths for over forty years, its eradication has effectively saved somewhere between 60 and 120 million lives. The eradication of smallpox is one success story from aid, saving five times as many lives as world peace would have done.”
― William MacAskill, Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference