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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.
“The “loss of a sense of self-identity, delusions of self-identity and experiences of ‘alien control,’ ” observed an elder statesman in the field of microbiome research, are all potential symptoms of mental illness. It made my head spin to think of how many ideas had to be revisited, not least our culturally treasured notions of identity, autonomy, and independence. It is in part this disconcerting feeling that makes the advances in the microbial sciences so exciting.”
― 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
“It’s strange if you think about it, isn’t it? Before being given life in this world, we were dust. Then once we die, we return to dust. We’re dust for a much longer period of time than we’re human. Which actually means it’s normal to be dead, and being alive is a brief exception. Why are we so afraid of death?”
― The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
― The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
“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
“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
“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
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