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“Fuck being a good sport, I’d rather be playing charades with Tom Hanks.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“In fact, if you averaged out the moral difficulty of what she was proposing over all the little activities she had to undergo in order to do it, it probably wasn't that bad at all, really”
― Maskerade
― Maskerade
“And while it may seem that people of color always need to “put race in everything,” it’s the neglect of the specific needs of people of color, which exist whether you acknowledge them or not, that necessitate it in the first place.”
― So You Want to Talk About Race
― So You Want to Talk About Race
“At present, people are happy to give away their most valuable asset—their personal data—in exchange for free email services and funny cat videos. It’s a bit like African and Native American tribes who unwittingly sold entire countries to European imperialists in exchange for colorful beads and cheap trinkets.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Individual humans know embarrassingly little about the world, and as history has progressed, they have come to know less and less. A hunter-gatherer in the Stone Age knew how to make her own clothes, how to start a fire, how to hunt rabbits, and how to escape lions. We think we know far more today, but as individuals, we actually know far less. We rely on the expertise of others for almost all our needs.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Benjamin’s 2025 Year in Books
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