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Reading this with a work group, one part a month, so this will linger a while and I'll just add some bits I marked."To unlock the joy of being wrong, we need to detach. I've learned that two kinds of detachment are especially useful: detaching your p ...more "
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To me the biggest takeaway is the idea of strong yet fewer arguments if trying to win a debate - it runs counter to how the old LD debates were scored, where I'd lose points for every opposing point I didn't refute. But it was the same idea I was trying to communicate to my physical therapisit when he was trying to sell me on their services - less is more." — Feb 15, 2022 08:00AM
"Work book club discussing part II today.
To me the biggest takeaway is the idea of strong yet fewer arguments if trying to win a debate - it runs counter to how the old LD debates were scored, where I'd lose points for every opposing point I didn't refute. But it was the same idea I was trying to communicate to my physical therapisit when he was trying to sell me on their services - less is more." — Feb 15, 2022 08:00AM
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“Ah!” exclaimed the doctor. “Let a man lay himself down in the Great Bed and his ‘identity’ is no longer his own, his ‘trust’ is not with him, and his ‘willingness’ is turned over and is of another permission. His distress is wild and
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
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“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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“I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and I have no carbons”
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“Chance encounters are what keep us going.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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