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I found her statement about fraternity and friendship regarding human emancipation absurd. And when I think of it, non of her statements are testable, I guess that why she’s a philosopher rather than political scientist.

Dark Times: in which the public realm has been obscured and the world become so dubious that people have ceased to ask any more of politics than that it show due consideration for their vital interests and personal liberty.

p.10 “The pillars of the best-known truths…today lie shattered”, but have we ever asked if the pillars we do proudly relied upon, are illusions?

I think I probably have to read those the books by those authors first to know all the references.

p133, the fact that the volume of a hyperball with a radius of 1 peaks in the fifth dimension is the most mind blowing thing I've read for the entire year.

Honey cake and Sprite.

People keep on using the analogy of an orchestra without a conductor while not mentioning every performer in the orchestra must be trained for years, even decades, to perform and since they are in a orchestra they must be sharing common music background, training, altitude, etc., while our society members only tried to figure out what is EU after Brexit became reality.

I think we should stop romanizing the effect of the movements and the grievances from the margin. Protest is the demonstration of anger, but it is also just an emotional drama. While not focusing on the solution, or destructive attempt, history would never progress.

A musician without instrument, only notes; this is what I think of the idea of the multitude. The left in the past few decades decapitated itself, cutting the "common" into tiny pieces we call minority group, gender, sexual orientation, migrant, and whatsoever but non of them has a clear plan to exercise what mind be necessary to the ordinary people.

The major issue is, lack of empirical evidence. One example is regarding the decentralized organization structure for resistance, and clearly all the examples provided actually failed to make substantial change, or simply, failed as being crashed entirely.

Reading it now, especially after the tariff drama (not finished), seems a little bit funny. Maybe this book was outdated since 2008?

Some of the very emotional chapters...

I'm surprised that Levin and Kitty was going to get married and Alexei suddenly forgave Anna when it's only... page 400, right in the middle?

It's very inspiring, but his style is very chattering, while I expect a more efficient delivery.