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He seemed more like a succession of extraordinary events than a person.
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes in, and as long as this communal belief persists, the imagined reality exerts force in the world.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Most of economics can be summarized in four words: “People respond to incentives.” The rest is commentary.”
― The Armchair Economist (revised and updated May 2012): Economics & Everyday Life
― The Armchair Economist (revised and updated May 2012): Economics & Everyday Life
“One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“The real difference between us and chimpanzees is the mythical glue that binds together large numbers of individuals, families and groups. This glue has made us the masters of creation.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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