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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Fortune Favors the Bold but Declining Fortunes Favor Control

When postmodern nihilism governs western elites
Western elites govern by playing it safe
Because nothing is worth the risk

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
Let Them Be Fake

It’s a modern miracle: With social media You can finally Have your fake And be it too
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In the World to Come There Will Be No Use for Noise-cancelling Headphones

I was always trying to find The signal in the noise Until I found God And discovered that It’s all signal
Mortality = Freedom

Think about how much control they… with a made up version of eternal damnation Then consider how much freedom you’ll be left with
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves

Per Wittgenstein Words only gain meaning through th… And they are always used in the co… Of the game being played in the mo… So, when we use words
The New Love and Work

Serve (one another) and Play (together)
“Students and professors can’t decide whether the AI chatbot is a research tool– or a cheating engine”

A student’s job has always been to put received knowledge into their own words or, more simply to state the obvious
God Is a Big Believer in On-the-job Training

The biggest stumbling block in bel… that God is in control is further accepting that He put us in charge
If We Just Retrieve What We’ve Already Learned, the Golden Age Will Be a Fait Accompli

Post-pandemic life is like being a… Who comes home only to find Her parents have replaced Her obviously dead goldfish With a new one
Don’t Be Surprised If the Hardest Thing You’ll Ever Do Is Also the Easiest Decision You’ll Ever Make

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
Haiku

After the death of God religion lived on as an inquest taboo
Acute Appendicitis of the Soul

The soul is an appendix made of wo… and while plenty of people function perfectly well without on… much like the physical appendix– which stores good bacteria
principal– 1. adjective: first in order of importance; main 2. noun: a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading position

My organizing principle Is that everyone wants to be princ… Unless they realize that God is p… And that for God Everyone is principal
Mission Inevitable

If you accept this mission This message will self-destruct In five seconds So that you can be born believing… Which is the necessary condition
Fitting in Is Now as Easy as Forgetting Who You Are

You can’t put a square peg in a round hole but you can put a JPEG in a memory hole
Point Break

People need to be a part of someth… And light is both a particle and a… Surfing, then, is a mystical union… But the internet is a tsunami And surfing the web a death wish



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