Thanks to technology, we are probably as productive in two days as we previously were in five. But thanks to greed and some busy-bee syndrome of productivity, we are still asked to slave away for the profit of others ahead of our own nonremunerated ambitions.

— David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs

Twenty years ago, computer science students at Stanford could rest easy knowing that their four years of training would prepare them for the job. Today, much of what they’ll learn is obsolete even before they graduate.

— Jonathan A. Levi, The Only Skill That Matters

…because our brains are part of nature, if we tend to exhibit regular behaviour, this means that nature itself must be equally regularity-oriented.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now

…worrying about evil AI is a bit like worrying about overcrowding on Mars.

— Hannah Fry, Hello World

Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will. The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self.

— Eknath Easwaran Ed., The Bhagavad Gita