Gaurav Mathur

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“Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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“The harsh realities of cobalt mining in the Congo are an inconvenience to every stakeholder in the chain. No company wants to concede that the rechargeable batteries used to power smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles contain cobalt mined by peasants and children in hazardous conditions.”
― Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

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“Excessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery.”
― George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

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“What is reality except for the things that people universally experience the same way?”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

tags: earth, experience, humans, people, reality, society, universe

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“I don’t need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things. I need to avoid making emotional decisions and swinging at bad pitches. I need to think!”
― Keith J. Cunningham, The Road Less Stupid: Advice from the Chairman of the Board

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