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Vaclav Smil writes: “The diffusion and complexification of human societies have led to a large array of environmental changes that have transformed this planet during the past 5 ka, and particularly during the past 100 years, more rapidly
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“Like Jefferson, Brandeis believed that the greatest threat to our constitutional liberties was an uneducated citizenry, and that democracy could not survive both ignorant and free. And”
― Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
― Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
“I can't bear that they,and everybody, should think people wicked because they may have chosen to live their own way!It is really these opinions that make the best intentioned people reckless, and actually become immoral!”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?"—Job xii. 3.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“my life question should not be “What do I want to receive?” but “Who do I want to be?” I realized that what mattered more than acquisition was character development.”
― Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
― Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary
“although minute quantities of chlorine are life-saving, if too much is inhaled in its gaseous form, it can cause death in under thirty minutes. Recently, the Syrian government has used chlorine directly against civilians as a chemical weapon. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has thus transformed a principal element of public health into a tool of both disease and terror.”
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People who like to read books* in Portland, OR and surrounding areas. * = books that are vegan, yes?
Steve’s 2025 Year in Books
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