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INTERROGATOR: Let’s look at the current composition of the ETO. The Adventists would like to destroy the human race by means of an alien power; the Redemptionists worship the alien civilization as a god; the Survivors wish to betray other humans to buy their own survival. None of these is in line with your original ideal of using the alien civilization as a way to reform humanity. YE: I started the fire, but I couldn’t control how it burnt.
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu and Ken Liu
the better you know a particular historical period, the harder it becomes to explain why things happened one way and not another.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
24) Do new things often. This seems to be really important. Not only does doing new things seem to slow down the perception of time, increase happiness, and keep life interesting, but it seems to prevent people from calcifying in the ways that they think. Aim to do something big, new, and risky every year in your personal and professional life.
The Days Are Long but the Decades Are Short
blog.samaltman.com
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