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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Raise Your Game or Place the Blame

You’ll know whether you’re there
to make things better
or to make yourself feel better
by how you react when you’re told
you can do better

Other works by Chris Gaither...
If You’re Going to Bring Up a Problem, Then Offer a Solution

The problem is we’re running out of time and the only solution is playing the long game
Before, We Were Charlie Brown; Now, We’re Lucy

Charlie Brown wants To believe Lucy wants To deceive But maybe, just maybe
Socialists Are All Talk

Socialists count on the fact that there are no private languages but there is
“We shall go on to the end. We shall fight... whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Facing a fate worse than death– Immortality with neither body nor… Because Nothing ventured, nothing lost– Life is worth dying for
“In Japan, Star Trek Is Known as Sulu: Master of Navigation”

Human beings have always used the symbolic to navigate the real; until recently we did so by imagining that the symbolic is rea… whereas scientists imagine that
Greed Is Could

1. Make so much money you could he… 2. Remind yourself that “there’s n… 3. Tell yourself you need to feed… 4. Eat like kings
“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”

Everyone looks out for their own f… This is normal But looking out for your own first by dehumanizing the other for looking out for their own firs…
Not Now, Not Ever

We spend most of our waking lives alternating between procrastinatio… and delayed gratification as if by putting things off we’ve bought ourselves more time
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God Is the Truth

You can neither know nor control t… But you can follow it And as you follow the truth You will come to know How to control yourself
“The Only Thing of Which One Can Be Guilty Is of Having Given Ground Relative to One’s Desire”

If you feel like you’ve been getting away with something you’ve probably been cheating yourself
Zeno’s Paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise Is Really About Chasing the High

If you pursue any vice long enough you’ll either become bored or addi… scratch that– you’ll either become bored and qui… or bored and addicted
Where God Is All Knowing, AI’s a Know-It-All

My corner of the internet may be infinitesimally small Not even a grain in a brick in the wall Yet still I’m a part
It Is Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission

Nobody remembers how to forgive Because posting on social media Is an act of seeking approval
You Can’t Handle the Truth

On paper Scratch that On screen The devil looks unbeatable Since odds always favor
Ok Google, Who Is to Blame?

If you take the cognitive map of… and rip it in half you’re left with two Google Maps: the one on the right of Israel



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