I’m tired of this back-slappin’ “isn’t humanity neat” bullshit. We’re a virus with shoes.

B.H.

If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture? Well, look at the drugs we use.
Except for pharmaceutical poison, there are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Friday to Monday to keep you too stupid to figure out the prison that you are living in.

B.H.

“The fuck is this shit?” it says. “Can you bloody believe this shit?” “No, honey,” I say. “This is absolutely ridiculous.” “Aren’t you pissed the fuck off?” “Someone really should do something about this.” “Why don’t we bloody do something about it?” “Yeah, why don’t we?” I say. “But how.”
“Well, we find whatever prick is in charge and give the fucker a piece of our minds, of course.” ”

A.S.H.

If the ignorant could be happy there’d be no reason for anyone to struggle to become wise. Nature has decreed that the ignorant can never be happy, and in their lack of knowledge is the secret of their own misfortunes.

M.P.H.

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AI doesn’t create illiterate professionals—complacency does. Those who rely on AI without understanding its logic risk becoming spectators rather than thinkers.

A.S.

Man’s status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.

M.P.H.