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Human life is not a competition in which everyone places somewhere between one to eight billion. That’s because each person has different capacities, aims, relationships, projects and identities. These are all relevant to deciding what a good life is for them.
- NYT magazine, The Ethicist, Kwame Anthony Appiah
Every community is exposed to two opposite dangers: ossification through too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand; on the other hand, dissolution, or subjection to foreign conquest, through the growth of an individualism and personal independence that makes co-operation impossible. In general, important civilizations start
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
And you know it all comes from that same half-bakedness, that sentimentality. They are fascinated, not by realism, but by the emotional ideal side of socialism, by the religious note in it, so to say, by the poetry of it... second-hand, of course.
Demons
I don’t think back on those days too often, but with Matthew Perry’s death, the memories have coiled around me because of how honest he was about his own addiction. I want to tell you something about addiction: No matter who it is or what substance that person is hooked on, loneliness is at its root. For whatever reason — and I have no theory as to... See more
Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
- Set fixed limits : Set explicit upper bounds on loops, queues, and other data structures. Fixed limits prevent infinite loops and uncontrolled resource use, following the fail-fast principle. This approach helps catch issues early and keeps the system stable.
Simon Klee • Tiger Style
We fail to see, or refuse to accept, that any attempt to bring our ideas into concrete reality must inevitably fall short of our dreams, no matter how brilliantly we succeed in carrying things off—because reality, unlike fantasy, is a realm in which we don’t have limitless control, and can’t possibly hope to meet our perfectionist standards.... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Why Strauss thinks something “critical” is lost
1. Moral content is emptied out. If the law is only a fence around private desires, it cannot speak authoritatively about better or worse ways of living.
2. Civic virtue withers. Citizens are turned into clients of the sovereign, focused on individual gain, not on common deliberation.
3. Natural right is... See more
1. Moral content is emptied out. If the law is only a fence around private desires, it cannot speak authoritatively about better or worse ways of living.
2. Civic virtue withers. Citizens are turned into clients of the sovereign, focused on individual gain, not on common deliberation.
3. Natural right is... See more
Readwise
“Math ain’t about numbers. If you think math is about numbers, you probably think that Shakespeare is all about words. You probably think that dancing is all about shoes. You probably think that music is all about notes. Math ain’t about numbers. Math is about logic, it’s about beauty, it’s about connections, it’s about how you get from one place... See more