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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
That seems to be what life is, the constant experience of the uncertain present moment between two fixed eternities, one closed and the other apparently open.
Free Will Explained
Dan Barker
If both the positive and the negative consequences of an action fell on its author, our learning would be fast. But often an action’s positive consequences benefit only its author, since they are visible, while the negative consequences, being invisible, apply to others, with a net cost to society.
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What’s appropriation art? It’s when you steal but make a point of stealing, because by changing the context you change the connotation.
Reality Hunger
David Shields
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