This civilization possesses the terrifying ability to accelerate their progress.
If cancer-level exponential growth is great for cancer itself, and bad for the host, both in the very short-term, is it always a loose-loose situation?
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“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“You’ve just described ‘technical debt’ that is not being paid down. It comes from taking shortcuts, which may make sense in the short-term. But like financial debt, the compounding interest costs grow over time. If an organization doesn’t pay down its technical debt, every calorie in the organization can be spent just paying interest, in the form of unplanned work.”
― The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
― The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

“Earth civilization had a way to transmit at the level of a Kardashev Type II civilization.”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“Los emprendedores tienen que poseer un poco de humildad para reconocer sus debilidades o puntos ciegos y encontrar a quienes puedan llenarlos.”
― Acierte Y Entonces Escálelo - Nail It Then Scale It: Guía Del Emprendedor Para Crear Y Administrar a Través De La Innovación
― Acierte Y Entonces Escálelo - Nail It Then Scale It: Guía Del Emprendedor Para Crear Y Administrar a Través De La Innovación
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