Quote of the Day
If you enjoy programming, philosophy, math, or any number of geeky topics, you're in the right place. Every day, I'll post a random quote from my extensive collection of Kindle highlights. Quotes do not necessarily reflect my views or opinions. In fact, part of my epistemic process is to consume a wide variety of contradictory material.
12/06/2024
People see violence as moral, not immoral: across the world and throughout history, more people have been murdered to mete out justice than to satisfy greed.
— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now
12/05/2024
Buddhism and other ethics of compassion are indeed a kind of wheelbarrow, in which we can place our sorrows and defects without displacing their importance (their weight), but allowing us to move.
— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now
12/04/2024
Committing to productivity alone is like committing to only inhaling, never exhaling. That kind of commitment will kill you.
— Dan Charnas, Everything in Its Place
12/03/2024
…the amount of workplace aggression and stress I see in people is inversely correlated with the importance of the work they’re doing…
— David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs
12/02/2024
…very often, and even most often, choice is utterly and stubbornly opposed to reason… and… and… do you know that that, too, is profitable, sometimes even praiseworthy?
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes From the Underground
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