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honest-broker.com
42 Milestones in the History of Conversation

When we stop speaking to each other, we soon start warring. Our better nature descends to the bestial.

— Ted Gioia
1w ago
noahpinion.blog
The end of the age of heroes

In essence, humans were always what we now call edge compute — little devices that reported data back to a central world-mind. Except the world-mind we reported to wasn't a computer; it was society itself — the network of corporations, governments, universities, and human networks that disseminated human knowledge and coordinated our actions.

3mo ago

The moment you have protected an individual you have protected society which is made up of individuals. The moment you have lost the individual you have lost everything.

3mo ago

The demand for continuity is the death of the soul, which thrives on change. And what is true of the soul is true of the society which the soul has made in its image.

4mo ago
noahpinion.blog
What defines Japan's national identity?

America is a flexible society that is rigid when it comes to religion; Japan is the opposite, a rigid society with a surprising flexibility when it comes to faith.

4mo ago

To believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their aspirations they will save the world. A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. But a nation that destroys its children has no future worth saving.

4mo ago

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bonds to each other. It is the most basic and fundamental institution in our lives—and one that requires more care, protection, and support than ever before.

7mo ago

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