Tarik

“Judea is, for all intents and purposes, a temple-state.”
― Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

“Those who did know Jesus - those who followed him into Jerusalem as its king and helped him cleanse the Temple in God's name, who were there when he was arrested and who watched him die a lonely death - played a surprisingly small role in defining the movement Jesus left behing.”
― Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

“Complexity is a problem-solving strategy. The problems with which the universe can confront any society are, for practical purposes, infinite in number and endless in variety. As stresses necessarily arise, new organizational and economic solutions must be developed, typically at increasing cost and declining marginal return. The marginal return on investment in complexity accordingly deteriorates, at first gradually, then with accelerated force. At this point, a complex society reaches the phase where it becomes increasingly vulnerable to collapse.”
― Tainter, Joseph

“It is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learning.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Summary