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“Put 'em on and be yourself, mister alienated loner steppenwolf bemused distant meta-izing technocrat rationalist fucking shithead.”
― The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
― The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
“We are all one. Only egos, beliefs, and fears separate us.”
― Nikola Tesla: 100 Quotes on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Success
― Nikola Tesla: 100 Quotes on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Success
“Control of anything essential to life should be decentralized and paralleled so that if one machine fails, another takes over.”
― The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“It's a wonderful thing to be clever, and you should never think otherwise, and you should never stop being that way. But what you learn, as you get older, is that there are a few billion other people in the world all trying to be clever at the same time, and whatever you do with your life will certainly be lost—swallowed up in the ocean—unless you are doing it along with like-minded people who will remember your contributions and carry them forward.”
― The Diamond Age
― The Diamond Age
“The difference between stupid and intelligent people—and this is true whether or not they are well-educated—is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations—in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward.”
― The Diamond Age
― The Diamond Age
Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
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