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The 7 Habits on the Go: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in Your Pocket

Stephen R. Covey

Stuart Chase and others have come near to claiming that all abstract words are meaningless, and have used this as a pretext for advocating a kind of political quietism. Since you don’t know what Fascism is, how can you struggle against Fascism?

Rationality: From AI to Zombies

Eliezer Yudkowsky

At times we toyed with the idea of a new service called Viaweb Gold. It would have exactly the same features as our regular service, but would cost ten times as much would be sold in person by a man in a suit. We never got around to offering this variant, but I’m sure we could have signed up a few merchants for it.

Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age

Paul Graham

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