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The Luddite predicament is not uncommon. New technologies almost always create new winners and losers. Even a better mousetrap is bad news for the manufacturers of traditional mousetraps. It is hardly good news for the mice, either.
“I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but I’m the best botanist on the planet.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“As the psychologist Jonathan Haidt put it, there are two ways to get at the truth: the way of the scientist and the way of the lawyer.”
― Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
― Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
“A leader who cannot execute a plan is nothing more than a dreamer. And I was certainly no dreamer.”
― CivCEO 4
― CivCEO 4
“We like to believe that things happen because someone wanted them to, that individuals have power and agency: otherwise, the world feels unpredictable, confusing, and frightening.”
― 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
“while humans traditionally divided themselves up into lovers and fighters, I considered myself living evidence that that was a false binary, having no skill with either set of tools. I belonged to a third group, equally useful: I was an engineer.”
― Ancestral Night
― Ancestral Night
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David’s 2025 Year in Books
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