“Not that I am (I think) in much danger of ceasing to believe in God. The real danger is of coming to believe such dreadful things about Him. The conclusion I dread is not ‘So there’s no God after all,’ but ‘So this is what God’s really like.”
― Goyhood
― Goyhood
“La lengua griega tiene una palabra para describir su obsesión: póthos. Es el deseo de lo ausente o lo inalcanzable, un deseo que hace sufrir porque es imposible de calmar. Nombra el desasosiego de los enamorados no correspondidos y también la angustia del duelo,”
― El infinito en un junco
― El infinito en un junco
“Up until the second half of the twentieth century, it was generally accepted that organisms grow old and die “for the good of the species”—an idea that dates back to Aristotle, if not further.”
― Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
― Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
“The more time your brain spends striving to achieve and overcome and solve problems, the less time you have left over for imagining, creating, and simply enjoying the life you’re living. The brain can solve problems, but that isn’t its sole purpose. Your mind was meant for much more.”
― Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
― Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
“Most Germans in 1933, for example, were not psychopaths. So why did they vote for Hitler?”
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
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