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If we Sapiens are so wise, why are we so self-destructive?
As the most intelligent species on Earth, we have achieved unparalleled technological advancements. However, this progress has fostered an unconscious sense of invincibility, which then fuels human greed and arrogance. I think that’s our fatal flaw.
“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”
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“But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.”
― Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
― Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
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