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Our brains often jump to swift conclusions without much thinking, which used to help us to avoid immediate dangers. We are interested in gossip and dramatic stories, which used to be the only source of news and useful information. We crave
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“When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the underlying ideological message is something like: "Don't think, don't politicize, forget about the true causes of their poverty, just act, contribute money, so that you will not have to think!”
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“If you have reasons to love someone, you don’t love them.”
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“Happiness was never important. The problem is that we don't know what we really want. What makes us happy is not to get what we want. But to dream about it. Happiness is for opportunists. So I think that the only life of deep satisfaction is a life of eternal struggle, especially struggle with oneself. If you want to remain happy, just remain stupid. Authentic masters are never happy; happiness is a category of slaves.”
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“Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.”
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“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
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Karolis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karolis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
438 books
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111 friends
1,135 books
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2,965 friends
714 books
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96 friends
406 books
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34 friends
396 books
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96 friends
837 books
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320 friends
596 books
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32 friends
555 books
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31 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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