In fragile civilizations Power is used to acquire status And status is just for decoration In resilient civilizations Self-sacrifice is recognized as th…
Mehmet Murat ildan is correct when he says “Man has only one face, but a thousand masks” I would only add that
As the boat overfilled with refuge… was turned away from the harbor each of the onshore demographic gr… had their own routinized, ruthless… but surrounded by my own
The buzz you’re suddenly hearing Is the dawning recognition That buzzwords aren’t magic after… And that the real magic words Aren’t just older than time
Step up to bat– It’s you against the world First base– Doubt yourself Second base–
As ever There is the easy way And the hard way The hard way Is being condemned to a freedom
In a great leap forward Nanotech reduced life To avoiding death By turning life Into a video game
Notice how the giraffe evolved so that its neck is precisely long… to reach the water when it bends d…
Language is great for Letting us tell each other Where it hurts And you keep telling me It hurts when I don’t listen
I always wondered if mimes were a type of clown until having my mind blown by the insight that
The devil is ingenious: Since our minds are inside the min… The devil has designs on us Uploading our minds to the cloud– i.e. To hell–
I can know I think– See Descartes I can think I know– Ask my wife I can even think I think–
In Blade Runner Replicants are slaves Birthed in an adult body With false memories implanted To make their burden somehow beara…
You’ll know you’re talking to God When He doesn’t talk back Yet you still have your answer
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and antisemitism
