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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 ...more
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Stanisław Lem
“We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.”
Stanisław Lem, Solaris

Frank Patrick Herbert
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

Thomas Paine
“These are the times that try men's souls.”
Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

Robert Penn Warren
“Process as process is neither morally good nor morally bad. We may judge results but not process. The morally bad agent may perform the deed which is good. The morally good agent may perform the deed which is bad. Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.”
Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men

Dashiell Hammett
“He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.”
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon

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