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is that it has to keep coming back for several months. Here are ideas that are waiting to be included in the list.

As all programmers know, the only thing you can predict about dependencies is that there will be more than you expect

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“He advocated individual and economic freedom, the separation of church and state, freedom of expression, equal rights for women, the right to divorce, and the decriminalizing of homosexual acts. He called for the abolition of slavery, the abolition of the death penalty, and the abolition of physical punishment, including that of children. He has also become known in recent years as an early advocate of animal rights” Jeremy Bentham lived from 1747-1832, well before most of these views were common. He used quantitative logic to reach his moral conclusions. Utilitarianism is counterintuitive for our brains but might be the best moral framework we have. | from Radical Empathy, Open Philanthropy Project

"I have felt it myself," he warned. "The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel it's there in your hands, to release this energy that fuels the stars, to let it do your bidding. To perform these miracles, to lift a million tons of rock into the sky. It is something that gives people an illusion of illimitable power, and it is, in some ways, responsible for all our troubles - this, what you might call technical arrogance, that overcomes people when they see what they can do with their minds." – Freeman Dyson theoretical physicist, proponent of nuclear disarming, from 1981 documentary called "The Day After Trinity", linked from Machines of Mass Distraction, New York Times
Happiness comes from peace. Peace comes from indifference. Indifference is the ultimate super power – this works in negotiation, relationships, and business opportunities |
Naval Ravikant
you are something the whole universe is doing

Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world | Albert Einstein Use it in writing... not only in finance.

If you want to help don’t ask if you can just do it.

In the end winning is sleeping better – Jodi Foster via

Tim Ferriss