

“Those who believe the axiom that "Ignorance is bliss" are the ones who only discovered its true meaning when the bliss turned to piss.”
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“Machines don’t mature; they either work or they get replaced by ones that do. Old bodies are merely worn-out machines that possess suboptimal parts. They are past their prime, on the decline, sliding down to uselessness. If they have not already, elders join the ranks of others pushed aside by market values—the poor and developmentally disabled, for instance. Thrown off the line, discarded, and replaced. When what is profitable is good, and what is good is profitable, then persons who no longer produce—including the most rudimentary “goods,â€� like coherent thoughts and sentences—are in danger of abandonment.”
― On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear
― On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear

“Chinese laborers "finish" smartphones by wiping off any fingerprints with a highly toxic solvent proven to shorten the workers lives. That's how valuable it is for consumers to believe their devices have been assembled by magic rather than by the fingers of underpaid and poisoned children.”
― Team Human
― Team Human

“Ignorance is not bliss, but acceptance of ignorance is.”
― Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine
― Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine

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