Sirnesto
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Believer in a bright future for humanity. Alarmed at current trajectories. Dad building the plane while flying it. PKM nerd.
Sirnesto
Notes on the Crises (Page 3)
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“I have always been interested in writing about happiness, in large part because it's extremely difficult to do. The French writer Henry de Montherlant famously said, "Le bonheur écrit à l'encre blanche sur des pages blanches." Happiness writes in white ink on white pages. In other words, you can't make it appear on the page. It's invisible. It doe
... See more“ Happiness writes in white ink on white pages.“ - Henry de Montherlant
The Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regret
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“I'm looking back at that happy man, myself, as he stands there-soaked in summer moonlight on that Thursday night in August.
He's happy because the scene is beautiful; and because he's in love; and because his novel is finished—he only just did the very last thing, correcting the galleys-and its first readers are excited by it. His life feels good.
... See more“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell from 1984
“As climactic change begins to affect long-range strategic planning for human survival, as the Earth's stocks of pelagic food fish plummet, as dry-land aquifers are drained, we can easily believe we've been shortsighted in a loss of intimacy with place, in largely ignoring the impact geography has on our daily lives.” Barry Lopez from embrace fearl
... See more“There is a Hebrew prayer that dates back to the early 1800s: the world is a
narrow bridge, and the important thing is not to be afraid." From courage is calling by Ryan Holiday
“Power is the currency of change, and policy is merely frozen power.” - David Rolf