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“The only people who can ever put ideas into context are people who don't care; the unbiased and apathetic are usually the wisest dudes in the room. If you want to totally misunderstand why somethin...”
“The world is better served by syncretic economists and policymakers who can hold multiple ideas in their heads than by one-handed economists who promote one big idea regardless of context.”
“When there is no news, we will give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.”
“With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present.”
“...Data itself... was tolerable. It was the constant nerve-web-expanding pain of context that would kill him.”
“When facing society, the man most concerned, the man who is to do the most and contribute the most, has the least say. It's taken for granted that he has no voice and the reasons he could offer are...”
“Hippasus’ proof—or at least Nico’s retelling of it—was really so simple that when he finished sketching it out, I wasn’t even aware that we had actually proven anything. Nico paused for a few minut...”
“Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.”
“...you do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from unseen hands - call it a Muse ...”
