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From George Saunders, on nuance and embracing complexity:
... See morethe writer doesn't have to have a fixed firm idea, but has to be able to take the reader on a journey to remind her that the world is complicated. From the very beginning, I understood writing to be about some kind of moral or ethical imperative. Absent that, I'm not that interested in it, ac
Bertrand Russell • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
people don’t do what they say they believe, they do what’s convenient and then they repent
Rory Sutherland • Rory Sutherland: The Wiki Man
a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
Lawrence Yeo • The Right Side of Thought - More To That
It does not follow that there is no simple Self; it only follows that we cannot know whether there is or not, and that the Self, except as a bundle of perceptions, cannot enter into any part of our knowledge. This conclusion is important in metaphysics, as getting rid of the last surviving use of “substance.” It is important in theology, as abolish
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Another worthwhile source is the title essay in The Prevalence of Humbug by Max Black.
Harry G. Frankfurt • On Bullshit
most plausible or defensible—