Brian Ramsey
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Brian Ramsey
I am convinced that people are much better off when their whole city is flourishing than when certain citizens prosper but the community has gone off course. When a man is doing well for himself but his country is falling to pieces, he goes to pieces along with it, but a struggling individual has much better hopes if his country is thriving.
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“We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.”
Émile Zola
Since the generative AIs have been trained on the entirety of human work — most of it mediocre — it produces “wisdom of the crowd”-like results. They may hit the mark but only because they are average.
Noah Smith • Interview: Kevin Kelly, Editor, Author, and Futurist
That gang or posse that we imagine is sustaining us by the bonds we share is in fact a conglomeration of individuals who are just as fucked up as we are and just as terrified.
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro
we could say that the light can only be discovered in the dark.
David Tacey • The Darkening Spirit: Jung, spirituality, religion
"You are enough, and you always have been."
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” -Jack Kornfield
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Erin Glasstwitter.comThe way you change a person is by getting through not to their head or their will but to their heart.