The psychologists tell us that what we possess we hold too dear — except our inherited civilization, which we are ever eager to part with on the cheap.
Jun 152022
Jun 142022
A memory lapse is a file not lost but only illegibly labeled; once located, its contents are generally intact.
Jun 102022
If luck did not exist, it would be necessary for men, to live together in society, to invent it.
Jun 092022
Consensus reaches further than conspiracy ever could.
Jun 082022
The hygienic metaphor — “cleansing”, “extermination”, “vermin” — always marks murderous intent.
Jun 072022
Peer pressure, n. Peer review for children.
Jun 062022
Every photograph is fake.
Jun 032022
Propaganda demands endless repetition, not just of the same ideas, but in the same words.
Jun 022022
Convictions are mental furniture: they provide comfortable seating and rarely move.
Jun 012022
Talent, to a man who has it, is like water to a fish. It surrounds him, and he sees only his effort to employ it.