“To attain real happiness, humans need to slow down the pursuit of pleasant sensations, not accelerate it.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“Ideologies are excuses to keep power, or pretexts to acquire power.”
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“with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
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“We do not become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon.”
― Homo Deus: Breve historia del mañana
― Homo Deus: Breve historia del mañana
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