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Slightly struggling with the writing style but still bearable!

Sharing a funny yet insightful metaphor:
“Freedom is like a table saw. You can make a nice cabinet with it, but you can also cut your finger off. Skill and strategy determine whether you add a cabinet or subtract a finger. We need a systematic way to use the saw’s power without putting our digits at risk.”

So far, ties in well with the fave self-help books I’ve read before: Stillness is the Key and Atomic Habits :)

It’s scary to realize how fallible memories are; with the right machinery, history could be wiped and rewritten. Now, more than ever, robust safeguards must be in place to protect and help society actively remember — because perhaps one of the greatest sins is to forget.

Easy to read so far and so much valuable insight. I’m currently at the part where the post-rebellion highs have passed and the totalitarian regime begins and all I can really say is indeed, history does repeat itself. Totalitarian regimes and how they come to power seem to have a blueprint; 80 yrs since its original publication, the themes, methods, and characters still exist to this day in modern Philippines.