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We're not hunter-gatherers anymore. We're all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital. What keeps us alive isn't bravery, or athleticism, or any of those other skills that were valuable in a caveman society. It's our ability to master complex technological skills. It is our ability to be nerds. We need to breed nerds.
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― Seveneves
― Seveneves
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To pilot a racehorse is to ride a half-ton catapult. It is without question one of the most formidable feats in sport.
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― Seabiscuit: An American Legend
― Seabiscuit: An American Legend
