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“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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“Decisions are never really made—at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all-round assholery.”
― Gravity's Rainbow
― Gravity's Rainbow
“...a God that did everything we thought was right and good wouldn't be the creator of the universe. He would be our puppet.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
“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
Shua’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shua’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
252 books
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776 friends
780 books
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250 friends
1,533 books
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5,001 friends
3,182 books
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4,988 friends
926 books
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5 friends
411 books
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27 friends
179 books
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5 friends
2,413 books
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780 friends
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