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Thinking

Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.
—Whitehead

Jun 292021
 

There’s no point in having opinions unless at least a few of them are indefensible.

Jun 142021
 

The Fundamental Law of Fashion states that what becomes popular must be abandoned: thus the government and press must be trusted, now that everyone distrusts them.

Apr 192021
 

The world is run by smart people’s ideas, in stupid people’s versions.

Apr 132021
 

If you think, you might not act, and if you don’t act, how can you be an activist?

Feb 262021
 

There is a certain type of purveyor of ideas, too stupid to be anything but candid, which makes him useful, like the canary in a coal mine.