Rich Carlton
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Rich Carlton
The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.
Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009
The secret is not to chase butterflies, but to take care of the garden so they'll come to you
“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: The excuses we live by, how to handle your mistakes, and when productivity doesn't matter
Philosophy and Quotes
“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness.”
Max Planck: "I regard consciousness as fundamental..."
Max Planck
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
Den O Rourke (@denbearorourke.bsky.social)
On taking action…It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
James Clear • Masters of Habit: Rituals, Lessons, and Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy and Quotes
When Einstein, as a young patent clerk with no academic position published his Theory of Relativity, he was countered by a book titled 100 Authors Against Einstein. Einstein’s response to this, as he explained to a journalist, was: “If I were wrong, then one (author) would have been enough.”54
Patrick Moore • Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom
You are not part of a material universe. You are part of a thought.
Austin Bridges • The_ra_contact_volume_1
Common sense is not so common.
— Voltaire