Daemon (Daemon, #1)
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Read between October 31, 2023 - January 21, 2024
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For the first time in his life Gragg finally understood what a cathedral was – it was a psychological hack.
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Humanity had always trafficked in oppression. Before the corporate marketing department got ahold of it, it was called conquest. Now it was regional development.
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Anyone who has ever tried to share pizza with roommates knows that Communism cannot ever work.
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In essence, computer systems needed to do only one of two things: make money or save money.
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This was the very essence of capitalism: thriving on chaos.
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Change was good. Painful, but good. It made you stronger. When you stopped changing, you started dying.
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The society you’re defending is doomed.’ ‘It’s your society, too, Loki.’ ‘No. It’s my parents’ society, not mine. What does it offer my generation? A meaningless existence. Living long, boring lives, milked each day by salesmen. Livestock for a permanent ruling class.
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‘The modern world is a highly efficient, precision machine. But that’s its flaw – one wrench in the works and it all grinds to a halt. So what does our generation get? A culture of lies to hide weakness. Decreasing freedom. All to conceal one simple fact: the assumptions upon which our civilization is based are no longer valid.
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How can you expect to handle the future if you can’t even handle the present?