Our thoughts run in loops, which we can hope only to make as long and deeply nested as possible.
Nov 092021
Nov 082021
Punishment must be harsh when it is neither swift nor sure.
Nov 052021
We are apt to imagine software as scaling indefinitely, which it does not, because we think of it as a form of writing, which does.
Nov 042021
An idea traces its influence not from its origin, which is lost in time, but from the point when it becomes inescapable.
Nov 032021
Modern Westerners are, by historical standards, awash with leisure, much of which we use to complain about working all the time.
Nov 022021
The power of a word lies in what it suggests, not what it means.
Nov 012021
All the pleasures shall be guilty, except the nasty ones.
Oct 292021
The fundamental human need, once the physical have been met, is to look good.
Oct 282021
The more a man doubts what he ought to believe, the more he believes what he ought to doubt.
Oct 272021
When we praise a man for having the courage of his convictions we mean that his convictions are foolish.