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A wrench, a rift—that’s all one can foresee. Maybe one finds le grand néant; maybe Again one spirals from the tuber’s eye.
Vladimir Nabokov • Pale Fire (Vintage International)
Panopticon
No. Not the surveillance panopticon, but the political power and human behavior panopticon
Claudia • 10 cards
While we discount on a sliding scale both the future and the past, the Clock does neither. Far future and near future are the same; distant past and recent past have equal value. In times of turbulence the Clock emanates calm. In calm times it reminds us that no equilibrium is stable for long.
Stewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
Energy
lili • 1 card
the shape of the potential for an oscillating system in the vicinity of equilibrium takes the approximate form
Sean M. Carroll • The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
Physics
Kevin Mialky • 5 cards
physics
Louis • 2 cards
aeon
Waverly • 1 card