Jenny
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Wonder is the source of our desire for knowledge,1 and the discovery that time is not what we thought it was opens up a thousand questions.
“To be human was to continually dumb the world down into an understandable story that keeps things simple.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Many scientific concepts—from time to chemical bonds to genes to species—lack stable definitions but remain helpful categories to think with. From one perspective, “individual” is no different: just another category to guide human thought and behavior. Nonetheless, so much of daily life and experience—not to mention our philosophical, political, and economic systems—depends on individuals that it can be hard to stand by and watch the concept dissolve. Where does this leave “us”? What about “them”? “Me”? “Mine”? “Everyone”? “Anyone”? My response to the discussions at the conference was not just intellectual”
― Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
― Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
“Humanity knows nothing at all. There is no intrinsic value in anything, and every action is a futile, meaningless effort.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
“The difference between animals and fungi is simple: Animals put food in their bodies, whereas fungi put their bodies in the food.”
― Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
― Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
“You owe it to yourself and to the world to actively engage with the brief moment you have with this planet. You cannot retreat exclusively into ideas. You must contribute.”
― Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
― Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
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