‘A part of all you earn is yours to keep. It should be not less than a tenth no matter how little you earn. It can be as much more as you can afford. Pay yourself first. Do not buy from the clothes-maker and the sandal-maker more than you
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“When agriculture and industry came along people could increasingly rely on the skills of others for survival, and new ‘niches for imbeciles’ were opened up. You could survive and pass your unremarkable genes to the next generation by working as a water carrier or an assembly-line worker.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“For the first time in human history, supply began to outstrip demand. And an entirely new problem was born: who is going to buy all this stuff?”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“technology often defines the scope and limits of our religious visions, like a waiter that demarcates our appetites by handing us a menu.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“A part of all you earn is yours to keep. It should be not less than a tenth no matter how little you earn. It can be as much more as you can afford. Pay yourself first. Do not buy from the clothes-maker and the sandal-maker more than you can pay out of the rest and still have enough for food and charity and penance to the gods.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon: 9789387669369
― The Richest Man in Babylon: 9789387669369
“If we accept a mere tenth of what animal-rights activists are claiming, then modern industrial agriculture might well be the greatest crime in history.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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