Macromuppet (macromuppet)

Sam Harris: “There is a hugely consequential moral difference between Israel and her enemies. The moral difference comes down to what would each side do if they had the power to do it? “ https://x.com/swipewright/status/1710695934445694993?s=46&t=L5AUZMuDNi3fSLAtsD9-SA

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"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm, but the harm [that they cause] does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.” ~ TS Eliot

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“For Hannah Arendt, hope is a dangerous barrier to courageous action. In dark times, the miracle that saves the world is to act” https://aeon.co/essays/for-arendt-hope-in-dark-times-is-no-match-for-action

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Also “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Life is often more quantum than Newtonian…

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"Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality." — Theodor Adorno

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“The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.” Vaclav Havel

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“Strong opinions, loosely held.” - one of the main traits of a good trader.

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