Materialism is no way out of Cartesian dualism It just turns backwards– I am, therefore I think– in an infinite regress
I’m not afraid of jumping in front of a bus because I don’t want to jump in front of a bus I am afraid of
In the end no one could be held accountable for the catastrophe not because there weren’t plenty of warning signs
It was always true that if you tried to save the relationship by looking the other way eventually they’d want to be
If you want to remain married one partner should stay busy moving the goalposts while the other focuses on running out the clock
It’s not that we’ve abolished death but we’ve made it a mere formality
The only reason to pursue fame is to forestall the possibility that you’re the kind of person who would die wishing you’d been more famous
In the cold war the gravest danger was recklessnes… which we solved with Mutually Assured Destruction The culture war
As AI gets smarter and smarter we’ll grow cuter and cuter until like a pug who struggles to breath… we’re too cute for our own good
Who says ye cannae change the laws… Where before Every action had An equal and opposite reaction Now every reaction
Socialists count on the fact that there are no private languages but there is
They call it open heart surgery But no one says open brain surgery Because, by default Our minds are closed And the only way to change minds
Abiding means to wait expectantly, defiantly, or submiss… and I typically manage all three in the grocery store checkout line even in the express lane
In the past Anyone on the far right or far lef… Could look all the way across the… And see their opposite On the far right or far left
Social media– the bureaucracy of the people– is an eternal now where you always have just enough time