I’m not afraid of jumping in front of a bus because I don’t want to jump in front of a bus I am afraid of
The state of nature, where there’s Something for everyone To fear Monotheism, where there’s Something for everyone
If I live forty more years I figure my life will pay for itself
The reason every man has his price is because he always fails to real… 1. that he can never get what he w… 2. this makes his desire priceless
Happiness is the moment after the weight of the world is lifted from your shoulders and before it lands on your toe
Materialism is no way out of Cartesian dualism It just turns backwards– I am, therefore I think– in an infinite regress
The conceit of individualism was that you could have a type without even wondering if you might be a type
Life is defined by failure But you can transcend failure If you die trying
Blathering on about the threat of the other is a means of slathering on the notion that blocks the light: If I am not what you lack
I don’t have any delusions of grandeur; I have delusions of posthumous grandeur that would retroactively nullify
The cold war was a just war but a just war is still just war and war is hell
If Meta has its way Meta will be to the metaverse as God is to the universe Of course if you look God in the face
When things were easy going it was easy to believe you were on the up and up But when the going got tough suddenly you were going
My corner of the internet may be infinitesimally small Not even a grain in a brick in the wall Yet still I’m a part
The most useful secret agents Are those who don’t know the secre… That they are agents of warfare
