“Every institution will decay and corrupt itself. Each person, given more power and fewer restraints, will predictably bend that power to suit himself. Every individual will blind herself to her own flaws while seeking out the glaring flaws of others.”
― Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
― Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
“atheists and agnostics are not organized and therefore exert almost zero influence. Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
“Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Man is the measure of all things’, meaning that there is no truth except that which man perceives.”
― Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher
― Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher
“The Mega Misconception That “The World Is Divided in Two” This chapter is about the first of our ten dramatic instincts, the gap instinct. I’m talking about that irresistible temptation we have to divide all kinds of things into two distinct and often conflicting groups, with an imagined gap—a huge chasm of injustice—in between.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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