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“is there a borderline between psychological and physiological phenomena in human activity, and where does it lie?12”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“On that first day when Muad’Dib rode through the streets of Arrakeen with his family, some of the people along the way recalled the legends and the prophecy and they ventured to shout: “Mahdi!” But their shout was more a question than a statement, for as yet they could only hope he was the one foretold as the Lisan al-Gaib, the Voice from the Outer World. Their attention was focused, too, on the mother, because they had heard she was a Bene Gesserit and it was obvious to them that she was like the other Lisan al-Gaib.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Our attitude matters, and not because we can stop the march of technological progress even if we wanted to, but because our perspective on disruption affects how well prepared for it we will be.”
― Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
― Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
“The Proximity of a Desirable Thing Tempts One to Overindulgence. On That Path Lies Danger.”
― Dune
― Dune
“But The L0w-Down was different. L0hengrin had an incredibly upbeat personality, and an infectious brand of enthusiasm that reminded me of how I’d felt in the early days of the contest. The brief voice over that opened her show seemed to sum up her life’s philosophy: “Some people define themselves by railing against all of the things they hate, while explaining why everyone else should hate it too. But not me. I prefer to lead with my love—to define myself through joyous yawps of admiration, instead of cynical declarations of disdain.”
― Ready Player Two
― Ready Player Two
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Elias’s 2025 Year in Books
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