As some people say, we're already in a Singularity relative to ancient Grecians, inasmuch as they couldn't understand our world at all... and I think it's true in the opposite direction, too.
Posting information is like pornography, a slick, impersonal exhibition. - William Deresiewicz
Posting information is like pornography, a slick, impersonal exhibition.
- William Deresiewicz
Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself - William Deresiewicz
Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself
Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictabil… - William Deresiewicz
Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictabil…
People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out. - William Deresiewicz
People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out.
We proceed by doubt, by trial and error, by resisting the impulse to lunge after certainty. - William Deresiewicz
We proceed by doubt, by trial and error, by resisting the impulse to lunge after certainty.
If you're oblivious to other people, chances are pretty good that you're going to hurt them. - William Deresiewicz
If you're oblivious to other people, chances are pretty good that you're going to hurt them.
If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts. - William Deresiewicz
If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts.
People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for t… - William Deresiewicz
People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for t…
Hence the vogue for double majors. It isn’t enough anymore to take a bunch of electives in addition to your primary focus, to roam freely across the … - William Deresiewicz
Hence the vogue for double majors. It isn’t enough anymore to take a bunch of electives in addition to your primary focus, to roam freely across the …
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