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“Hitler lied shamelessly about himself and about his enemies. He convinced millions of men and women that he cared for them deeply when, in fact, he would have willingly sacrificed them all. His murderous ambition, avowed racism, and utter immorality were given the thinnest mask, and yet millions of Germans were drawn to Hitler precisely because he seemed authentic. They screamed, “Sieg Heil” with happiness in their hearts, because they thought they were creating a better world.”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning
“The first step toward wisdom is the realization that the laws of the universe don’t care about you. The next is the realization that this does not imply that life is meaningless, because people care about you, and vice versa.”
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
“Barrion thought the
world of you, Maris, but he also thought you were naive. You can't change one note in
the middle of a song, he told me. Once you make the first change, others have to follow,
until you've redone the whole song. Everything relates, you see.”
― Windhaven
world of you, Maris, but he also thought you were naive. You can't change one note in
the middle of a song, he told me. Once you make the first change, others have to follow,
until you've redone the whole song. Everything relates, you see.”
― Windhaven
“The standard explanation of the madness of crowds is ignorance: a mediocre education system has left the populace scientifically illiterate, at the mercy of their cognitive biases, and thus defenseless against airhead celebrities, cable-news gladiators, and other corruptions from popular culture.”
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
“I think that writing the villain or antagonist can be very challenging. This is especially true if you are trying to write from a very tight point of view. Kennit is an example of that. While I was writing Kennit, I had to believe all he believed, and feel justified in all he did. The flipside of that is that once you start to understand a character, you start to love them, despite or sometimes because of flaws and faults. You know why they are who they are, and you sympathize even as some part of you is horrified at their logic.”
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