Mark Shurville

“People tended to avoid the humiliation of failure by joining the obviously winning side even against their own opinions.”
― Isaac Asimov, Forward the Foundation

“Or perhaps you’re familiar with ethanol, which is a chemical that can be metabolized into poor life choices.”
― Kelly Weinersmith, Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

“Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“The new aristocracy was made up for the most part of bureaucrats, scientists, technicians, trade-union organizers, publicity experts, sociologists, teachers, journalists, and professional politicians.”
― George Orwell, 1984