“philological training against Nazi propaganda. He noticed how Hitler’s language rejected legitimate opposition: The people always meant some people and not others (the president uses the word in this way),”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“And the new Kremlin won’t make the same mistake the old Soviet Union did: it will never let TV become dull. The task is to synthesize Soviet control with Western entertainment.”
― Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
― Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
“Taking Smart Notes is a form of deliberate practice that turns note-taking into a natural and rhythmic process that slows down your consumption of information and allows you to fully digest what you consume.”
― How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian
― How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian
“Post-truth is pre-fascism.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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