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Jacob said:
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"The worm is in man's heart."A question of suicide: why not? Camus attempts to find an answer. ...more "
“I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.”
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“And the abyss shouts from her depth laid bare,
Heaven, hast thou secrets? Man unveils me; I have none.”
― Prometheus Unbound
Heaven, hast thou secrets? Man unveils me; I have none.”
― Prometheus Unbound
“If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, whatever they might be, and then infer the motivations from their consequences.
For example if someone is making everyone around them miserable and you'd like to know why, their motive may simply be to make everyone around them miserable including themselves.”
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For example if someone is making everyone around them miserable and you'd like to know why, their motive may simply be to make everyone around them miserable including themselves.”
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“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”
― Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
― Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Jocko Podcast Book Club
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Long Live Heinlein
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This group is dedicated to discussion of the Sci-Fi author Robert A. Heinlein and his books.
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