Kevin

“Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Well, social media algorithms are a 24/7 humiliation machine. That is how a population is primed for authoritarian rule. And that's just one example; we're essentially teaching machines how to hack human insecurity.”
― Jason Pargin, I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

“Your calendar is made up of twelve munse, your clock is divided by twelve, but your math and currency is based on ten? That’s the most backward thing I have ever heard.”
― Donald Swan

“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian