“A serious assessment of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential,” writes the futurist and author Ray Kurzweil in his famous essay The Law of Accelerating Returns. “So we won’t experience 100 years of
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“This is how all social, ideological, or religious movements police their members-by making clear that agreement will be rewarded with greater social standing and support, and dis-agreement punished with ostracism.”
― The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right
― The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right
“The idle mind is the devil’s workshop”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Xavier’s 2024 Year in Books
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