Reuben Nathaniel

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Curious Minds: The Power of Connection by Perry Zurn

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The one-and-many nature of curiosity is an opportunity for the attainment of epistemic freedoms: we are permitted to be curious! But it is also a liability for the perpetration of epistemic injustices: we are permitted to be curious in less ...more

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Reuben’s Quotes

“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
― Edward O. Wilson

tags: crisis, emotions, flaws, human-beings, humanity, humans, institutions, people, problems, technology

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“Be nice because it’s the right thing to do, it’s the best way to act in the world and it is what good human beings do. Being difficult and diva-ish or petulant just makes you hard to deal with, it doesn’t make you more authentic or creative or real.”
― Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter

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“excellence does not fall into anyone’s lap; it is the result of sustained, deliberate effort.”
― Andreas J. Köstenberger, Excellence: The Character of God and the Pursuit of Scholarly Virtue

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“Hal paling menakjubkan dari karya sastra-khususnya puisi dan kosmologi, keduanya merupakan pengembaraan
hening. Suatu perjalanan menuju jantung kelengangan, mencapai bilik dan ruang yang belum bernama karena kata tak pernah
cukup untuk menjamahnya.”
― Karlina Supelli

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“This dark night of the soul is the process by which intelligence is transformed into trust, memory into hope, and will into love.”
― Rowan Williams, Passions of the Soul

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