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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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“Dream is not what you see in sleep. Dream is something which does not let you sleep.”
― India - The Next Superpower: Tame The Dragon, Unleash The Tiger
― India - The Next Superpower: Tame The Dragon, Unleash The Tiger
“you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“Do we care to match the reality of America to its ideals? If so, do we really believe that our notions of self-government and individual freedom, equality of opportunity and equality before the law, apply to everybody? Or are we instead committed, in practice if not in statute, to reserving those things for a privileged few?”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“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
“But now, without leaving home, from the comfort of your easy chair, you can divorce yourself from the consensus on what constitutes “truth.” Each person can live in a private thought bubble, reading only those websites that reinforce his or her desired beliefs, joining only those online groups that give sustenance when the believer’s courage flags.”
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
― Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology
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