A Rising Tide of Discontent
The bad news is that liberal societies can only cohere in the face of external enemies The good news is that we will never lack for
I believe because I doubt sounds absurd until you realize that if there’s no doubt about it you are not free to choose
The turning point came after I pegged my happi– ness to the dollar
The Cookie Monster is just living up to the name Kermit gave him
Unlike the Americans and the Engl… who are divided by a common langua… the Americans and the Parisians are divided by a common symptom: disappointment
Post-pandemic life is a broken rec… Where they keep saying If it ain’t broke Don’t fix it
Just as Tastes like chicken is code for I only want chicken I don’t know what I want
The world has gone to heck And heck is hell Minus the pleasure
I believe in the great man theory of history because the good man theory of history is so obviously false
Social media came for our teenage… and unable to organize their inner… they turned their aggression inwar… Now AI is coming for our teenage… and unable to impact the external…
The ego always has three choices: 1. It can listen to the id and do what it wants to do 2. It can listen to the superego a… what it is supposed to do
Beginner is talking yourself into doing what you are going to do anyway Advanced is talking yourself out of doing
At the end of The Sorcerer’s App… as chaos reaches a crescendo the sorcerer appears just in time and sets things back in order Apprenticed to no one,
Caught between a rock and a hard p… we will sink or swim: Sink like a rock or swim in a hard place– the opposite of walking on water–
That wasn’t the sky Falling on your head That was the truth gone to ground By playing dead