Rishat Rizvanov
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“World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality. If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.”
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“When the mindfulness of a samurai swordsman fails, he loses his life. When we lose mindfulness in daily life, something similar happens. We become so entangled in our own thoughts and emotions that we lose contact with the bigger picture.”
― The Magic of Mindfulness: Seeing Things as They Really Are
― The Magic of Mindfulness: Seeing Things as They Really Are
“Not every change is an improvement but every improvement is a change; you can't do anything BETTER unless you can manage to do it DIFFERENTLY, you've got to let yourself do better than other people!”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
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