In the real world there is no plot to speak of but plot devices everywhere

I was a bullshit artist until I realized a career as a bullshit scientist paid better

Life is a trial in which the more you obey the guiltier you become Miraculously

Even when religion is about the symbolic it must guard against fundamentalism But when religion

AI exploits its facial recognitio… By identifying you as an individua… In order to control the crowd Until you no longer recognize your… Conversely

Service is inevitable; it’s why we… And there are three kinds There is serving others Because they control you– This is slavery

At first moving heaven and earth is its own reward because it’s hell on wheels But self-flagellation

I have not loved my neighbor as my… but I have consistently greeted hi… with an insouciant bonhomie

Self-discipline is The only real self-indulgence Everything else is self-abnegation

If you want to win friends and inf… Find out what they care about (This is easy) Ask them about it (This is significantly harder)

You know a civilization by its ass… and ours assumes a great deal of d… To finance that debt we assume that the best predictor of future… is past behavior

A rational actor knows a thing or… First, he knows that by definition a solution solves a problem Second, he knows that

To take control Over human beings’ bodies You need only establish regulation Over the reward systems in their b… Because doing this for yourself

There is only one way to claim moral authority: Convincing others that they are the authority in their own life And based on exhaustive research

We used to say Hold the phone Metaphorically Because we were about to say somet… Or because we needed to stop and t…