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Collapse: How Societ... 07/05 Tim is currently reading:
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by Jared Diamond
bookshelves: currently-reading, ecology, history, own
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Unspeak: Words Are W... 07/05 Tim gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Unspeak: Words Are Weapons (Paperback)
by Steven Poole
bookshelves: currently-reading, liberty, own, politics
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The Fear of Freedom 07/05 Tim is currently reading:
The Fear of Freedom (Paperback)
by Erich Fromm
bookshelves: currently-reading, own, psychology, sociology-anthropology
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April 07
3319 Tim made a comment in the group Think [the box] ing—Tibet and China (and the Olympic Games) topic:
334676 Tim wrote: "Actually i guess i am being hypocritical..

Human rights abuses should be dealt with through the ri...more "
334688 Tim read and liked Ricky's review of Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals:

"Think John Gray falls foul of his own claims as to what reality is, and what the illusions are. He uses science to show that we are the same as the animals, yet, he then critiques science, as a human endeavour...trying to run away from our animality....more "
April 04
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334676 Tim took the never-ending book quiz.
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"We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.

A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. ... A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say, "This is not just." It will look at our alliance with the landed gentry of South America and say, "This is not just." The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just." — Martin Luther King Jr.
1 Tim made a comment in the group Goodreads Feedback—Adding Quotes topic:
334676 Tim wrote: "In addition, it would be nice to be able to sort "my quotes" by author.

One other feature...more "
3319 Tim made a comment in the group Think [the box] ing—Why citizens taxes are used by Government to resuce private enterprises? topic:
334676 Tim wrote: "I know very little about economics. I would however like to change that and I am guessing that recen...more "
3319 Tim made a comment in the group Think [the box] ing—"War on (of) Terror" "Security" topic:
334676 Tim wrote: "I know we talked about this in the other main thread, but i thought it might be useful to separate t...more "




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"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. "
— Albert Camus

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"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
— Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)

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"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
— Douglas Adams

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"There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all."
— Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics S.))

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"The major problem- one of the major problems, for there are several- one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of whom manages to get people to let them do it to them.

To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.

To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)




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1 Goodreads Feedback — 1005 members — last activity 21 minutes ago
This is a place to give feedback about Goodreads. Feature ideas, bugs, or any other suggestion for improvement. The Goodreads staff monitors this gr...more
3319 Think [the box] ing — 82 members — last activity 4 hours, 41 min ago
For all those who appreciate thinking, discussing and debating using reason, logic and wit.

Philosophy, politics, theology, economics, psychology, ...more
3275 Project Mayhem — 36 members — last activity 17 days ago, 04:19PM
This is a group for people who are tired of being spoon fed bullshit. Whether you're tired of swallowing it from your doctor, your preacher, your nut...more
3563 Weekly Peace Rally — 9 members — last activity 06/15/2008 05:58PM
the purpose of this group is to take positive action to promote peace and effectively change our world
live chat will occur every Thursday evening at...more




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