Roberto Gejman
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Roberto Gejman
Everything is hard in some way. It’s hard to be in the wrong relationship. It’s hard to be in the right one. It’s hard to be broke and miserable, it’s hard to achieve your dreams. It’s hard to be stuck in the middle, not really feeling anything at all. Everything is hard, but you choose your hard. You choose what’s worth it. You don’t choose whethe... See more
brianna wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
“Man is a rational animal — so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
Curved shapes embrace us and protect us.
Molly Bang • Picture This
“What is it that distinguishes man from animals? It is not his upright posture. That was present in the apes long before the brain began to develop. Nor is it the use of tools. It is something altogether new, a previously unknown quality: self-awareness. Animals, too, have awareness. They are aware of objects; they know this is one thing and that a... See more
The Wisdom Letter #156
If a picture is meant to be explored, it is better to keep the main emphasis away from the center.
Molly Bang • Picture This
At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice, and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.”
— Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
— Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
Although a biologist, Monod’s underlying insight was that life is essentially a physical and even mathematical phenomenon.
Peter Watson • The Modern Mind
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