Civilization began When the sons killed the father And substituted the name-of-the-fa… Civilization is ending Now that we’ve killed off the name…

I don’t care about birds but I thrill when the squirrels can’t get to the birdseed

All the games people play Are iterations of the same game: Playing along Playing along is a language game And the only way to win the game

In days gone by we said you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink In these more opportune times it’s widely understood that

History always repeats itself And we find ourselves once more On the banks of the Red Sea Under extreme duress To put it mildly

Losing what you never had is only possible when you look for it exactly where it never was

It’s easy to choose between good and bad So, when there are no good choices most people take the easy way out

Every writer has mistaken his shotgun for a rifle– He may hit where he aims but he will also surely miss In discharging his will to power

Social media– the bureaucracy of the people– is an eternal now where you always have just enough time

The distant past– Strong enough for a man, pH balan… The recent past– Strong enough for a woman The present–

If you count the rings on a tree stump it will tell you the cost of doing business

It’s up to us Whether we do what we know is wron… Because it feels good in the momen… But if we do The devil is always there

At first we thought This changes everything We weren’t exactly wrong But, of course Everything is highly adaptable

People wonder how long it will tak… AI to get smarter than us but the smart money is on us getting dumber than AI first

I’ve now reached the age when anticipation con– sists of nostalgia