As human beings Every last one of us Is trying to get away with somethi… So, give thanks to God– He will never let us get away

I believe in God and I believe in liberalism The tension between these two beliefs

You may or may not realize it yet But you’re in the army If you do You’ve got your marching orders; It’s up to you to follow them

If you accept this mission This message will self-destruct In five seconds So that you can be born believing… Which is the necessary condition

It’s not a wine and cheese crowd unless everyone there hates crowds

Chapter 1- Defense Mechanisms, an… We all defend ourselves– If you are unprepared to defend yo… It just means that Your defense is unconscious

The AI arms race will be won By a people who learn how to bend… To the will of the people This can only be done by a people Who have learned (and remembered)…

When my dog gives me that knowing… I don’t know what she knows I only know that she knows Who I’m fooling And it isn’t her

It’s said you become what you hate; I hate losing things

Yes, humans suck– that’s a universal The reason we haven’t been able to fix it is that being a human doesn’t suck for eve…

Life is a trial in which the more you obey the guiltier you become Miraculously

It’s hard to quantify change We keep running our equations Adding and subtracting everything… From everything we know about God And the numbers don’t add up–

No one seems to see (least of all me) that being all you can be isn’t about clutching superiority– it’s for abjuring mediocrity

In the past walking into a cathedral made you feel small Now it makes you feel fat

Notice how the giraffe evolved so that its neck is precisely long… to reach the water when it bends d…