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Gesellschaft

No tyrannical, miserable government ever rises to power by promising people tyranny and misery.

pssvr reddit.com

Some fair acts can be illegal, and most legal acts can be totally unfair. That’s why laws should evolve with society, not the contrary.

MarkoRepairs reddit.com

Most people never realize there’s a difference between believing something and thinking it’s good to believe it.

Eliezer Yudkowsky Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

If we lived in the sort of universe where horrible things were only allowed to happen for good reasons, they just wouldn’t happen in the first place.

Eliezer Yudkowsky Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Stop worrying so much. Worry will not strip tomorrow of its burdens, it will strip today of its joy.

Marc marcandangel.com

An grenzenloses Wachstum auf einem Planeten mit begrenzten Ressourcen glauben nur Verrückte und Ökonomen. Leider sind wir mittlerweile alle Ökonomen.

Serge Latouche Kaufen für die Müllhalde

God is but a label. I hold up a rock, I call it god. How do you dispute me? The rock is all-knowing, it just isn’t telling you. It cares, but it doesn’t show.

lobehold reddit.com

Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges.

George Carlin You Have No Rights

Einem Staat, der seinen Bürgern misstraut, wird auch kein Vertrauen mehr entgegen gebracht. Dem wird nichts verziehen und nichts geglaubt, der erzeugt immer stärkeren Widerstand. Seine Bürger mögen stur die Regeln befolgen, freiwillig und aus Überzeugung aber werden sie nichts mehr tun wollen. Und auch nicht mehr können.

Alles muss vorgeschrieben werden, da Kontrolle auch abhängig macht. Wie ein bockiges Kind, das bei jeder Gelegenheit Widerstand leistet und nichts richtig zu können scheint. Was natürlich noch mehr Kontrolle notwendig macht, die wiederum stärkeren Widerstand erzeugt.

Kai Biermann zeit.de

People concerned about appearing mature aren’t.

Latentsage reddit.com

Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare All’s Well That Ends Well

Technik

With the keyboard you can communicate to the computer with a simple language. When you’re using the mouse you’re reduced to a caveman who can only point at things and grunt.

omninull reddit.com

Advancement helps the general populace. Stagnation helpts the few who are well positioned to control it.

arbiterxero reddit.com

Verschiedenes

Alles Grundsätzliche ist grundsätzlich verdächtig.

Werner Finck Quelle unbekannt

Of course I meant helium.

Habbeighty-four reddit.com

Stop Hunting Whales Whale HUnters need a Katana in their stomach!!!!!

pc_magas KATANOPHOROS joindiaspora.com

I felt so clever when I found a way to game the Fitocracy system by incorporating a set of easy but high-scoring activities into my regular schedule. Took me a bit to realize I’d been tricked into setting up a daily excercise routine.

Randall Munroe xkcd.com

Über der Alt-Gr-Taste finden sich Tasten für die Satzzeichen. Und wenn eine Shift-Taste klemmt, gibt es auf der anderen Seite einen Ersatz.

Artimis proPlay-Foren

Becoming a parent doesn’t make you a better person. It just requires you to be one, and you try to catch up with it.

pimpofpixels reddit.com

You’re actually statistically more likely to get cancer if you use seat belts. That’s because you live long enough to get it.

SneakyJowie reddit.com

I spent what must’ve been nine months thinking I was turning 40 on my next birthday, only to find out I was off by a year. On the one hand, great, I’m a year younger than I thought. But on the other hand, what’s it matter? I’m clearly already senile.

Hapax_Legoman reddit.com

You can’t make a seafood paella without chopping up a few octopi.

Mark Stickley norestfortheweekend.com