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Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.
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The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth - it's about the redistribution of time.
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Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.
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When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.
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If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.
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We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.
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There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.
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Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.
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Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
Last Update: 15 August 2022
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