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Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, Sapiens have thus been living in a dual reality. On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions; and on the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. As time
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“Schiller. A German dramatist of three centuries ago. In a play about Joan of Arc, he said, ‘Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.’ I’m no god and I’ll contend no longer.”
― The Gods Themselves
― The Gods Themselves
“The days rolled by in the camp—they were over before you could say "knife." But the years, they never rolled by; they never moved by a second.”
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.”
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“You don't have to be very bright to carry a handbarrow. So the squad leader gave such work to people who'd been in positions of authority.”
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
“Of such things, petty annoyance and aimless thrusts, is history made.”
― The Gods Themselves
― The Gods Themselves
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