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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
Once again I’m struck by melancholy. I want to spend the rest of my life studying Eridian biology! But I have to save humanity first. Stupid humanity. Getting in the way of my hobbies.
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
For by relying only on what is given in perceptual experience, Mach is either denying the metaphysical reality of a mind-independent world, or he is denying the possibility that we can ever have any knowledge of such a world, confining it to the same ‘noumenal’ realm that Kant was forced to postulate.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
He constantly told Mike and me that the greatest reason for lack of financial success was because most people played it too safe. “People are so afraid of losing that they lose” were his words. Fran Tarkenton, a one-time great NFL quarterback, says it still another way: “Winning means being unafraid to lose.”
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
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