"Your brain may give birth to any technology, but other brains will decide whether the technology thrives. The number of possible technologies is infinite, and only a few pass this test of affinity with human nature."

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Source : Robert Wright (2001). “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny”, p.37, Vintage

Robert Wright

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“No one ever won a game by resigning.”
“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right now, which feels very significant and major.”
“When you reach your peak its time to die.”
“I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start with not caring how I feel.”
“We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference..”
“Let me give you some advice: Try to approach things without preconceived ideas, without supposing you already know everything there is to know about them. Get that trick down and you'll be surprised at what's really all around you.”
“People call me fat, but I don't care. I don't want to starve myself cause I am beautiful the way I am.”
“It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.”

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