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The ultimate mark of skillful running is the ability to run with minimal mental effort.
“More than 90 per cent of all money – more than $50 trillion appearing in our accounts – exists only on computer servers.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“It’s the objectivity, the dualistic way of looking at things underlying technology, that produces the evil.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men evolved differently, that they are born with certain mutable characteristics, and that among these are life and the pursuit of pleasure.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
“Decisions, intentions, efforts, goals, willpower, etc., are causal states of the brain, leading to specific behaviors, and behaviors lead to outcomes in the world. Human choice, therefore, is as important as fanciers of free will believe. But the next choice you make will come out of the darkness of prior causes that you, the conscious witness of your experience, did not bring into being.”
― Free Will
― Free Will
Doug’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Doug’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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286 friends
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