Smiles & Sense
Reminders that wisdom often hides in plain sight, waiting to be noticed
Smiles & Sense
progress and civilisation are not the same thing
Gordon White • Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” — Edgar Allan Poe
Absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence
Gordon White • Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
The final, clinching disgrace, and the ultimate mark of a dangerous reprobate, was to be a good dancer. In the eyes of traditionalists nothing could be more scandalous. A city that indulged a dance culture was one on the point of catastrophe.
Tom Holland • Rubicon
Curiosity isn't random; it's a compass
Look at how clever our inferiors were,’ we say, as we die, fat and unhappy, waving our iPhones around for signal.