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“easy credit has been used as a palliative throughout history by governments that are unable to address the deeper anxieties of the middle class directly”
― Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy
― Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy
“Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy.”
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“cultural evolution; once it takes off, it goes as the ratio of those two numbers goes, at least a hundred times faster than biological evolution.”
― The Ascent Of Man
― The Ascent Of Man
“what we call cultural evolution is essentially a constant growing and widening of the human imagination.”
― The Ascent Of Man
― The Ascent Of Man
“Perpetual Peace,” Kant laid out measures that would discourage leaders from dragging their countries into war.20 Together with international commerce, he recommended representative republics (what we would call democracies), mutual transparency, norms against conquest and internal interference, freedom of travel and immigration, and a federation of states that would adjudicate disputes between them.”
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Bishwajit’s 2024 Year in Books
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