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Pessimism

For better or worse, pessimism without compromise lacks public appeal.

– Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy against the Human Race

Pascal’s chilling reflection: “Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.”

– Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

Is our consciousness just a mirage?

Religion is at the heart of science.

People should create; tools should verify. We got it all wrong.

AI is not speeding up production. It’s just removing time to think.

As Aristotle somewhere put it: luck is when the guy next to you gets hit with the arrow.

No war ever ended. It just temporarily stopped.

When your brain is constantly occupied with logistics, there isn’t much room left for presence.

– Maia Niguel Hoskin, Ph.D., Medium article

You can either express yourself and deal with the consequences, or stay quiet forever. Your choice.