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Joy is not ‘the absence of pain,’ intelligence is not ‘the absence of stupidity,’ light is not ‘the absence of darkness,’ an entity is not ‘the absence of a nonentity.’
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“you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“More than anyone, this book is for those young people—an invitation to once again remake the world, and to bring about, through hard work, determination, and a big dose of imagination, an America that finally aligns with all that is best in us.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“Technology is not the driver of change; what drives technology is human desire.”
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
“A democracy, indeed a culture, needs some sustaining common mythos. Yet, in a world where “truth” is a variable concept—where any belief can find its adherents—how can a consensus be formed? How can we arrive at the compromises that must underlie the workings of any successful society?”
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
“People who have no choice are generally unhappy. But people with too many choices are almost as unhappy as those who have no choice at all.”
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
2017 Reading Challenge
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Tom’s 2025 Year in Books
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