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Humans carry around legacy behaviors and biases, jerry-rigged holdovers from earlier stages of evolution that follow their own obsolete rules. What seem like erratic, irrational choices are, in fact, strategies created long ago for solving
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“Don't you know, If you don't step outside yourself, you'll never discover who you are”
― The Tale of the Unknown Island
― The Tale of the Unknown Island
“Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts”
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“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
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If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
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“No, the old proverb does not lie: Look for the brave in prison, and the stupid among the political leaders!”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
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