Join Notes
A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
There is no necessity to become ontologically agonized over the paradoxes of infinite regress or the limitations of the dictionary.
Free Will Explained
Dan Barker
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
He hesitated. I know—machines don’t hesitate. But remember, Mike was designed to operate on incomplete data. Lately he had reprogrammed himself to put emphasis on words; his hesitations were dramatic. Maybe he spent pauses stirring random numbers to see how they matched his memories.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein
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