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"Read through chapter 9 yesterday. I'm way behind schedule to get this done by the 29th." — Apr 16, 2024 10:25PM
"Read through chapter 9 yesterday. I'm way behind schedule to get this done by the 29th." — Apr 16, 2024 10:25PM
You may remember the old Persian saying, ‘There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.’ There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much knowledge of the world.”
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“One begins to wonder if all the most interesting problems in physics are now in biology.”
― The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
― The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
“The economy of early hominids and that of twenty-first century society have enormous differences, but they do share one important feature: in both of these economies, humans accumulate information in objects. Our world is different from that of early hominids only in the way in which atoms are arranged.”
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“For five years he [Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)] served as personal secretary to, yes, Francis Bacon. In fact, I've noted over a course of years that the job of a secretary can be utterly fulfilling just in case one's boss happens to be Francis Bacon.”
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“A society built entirely out of rational individuals who come together on the basis of a social contract for the sake of the satisfaction of their wants cannot form a society that would be viable over any length of time. —FRANCIS FUKUYAMA”
― Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
― Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
“There is more scholarly work on the life-habits of the dung fly than on existential risks [to humanity].”
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