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“We need to enter the conversation willing to be wrong, willing to admit the limits of our own knowledge, willing to reconsider our evidence, sources, and premises. That is self-skepticism.”
― Demagoguery and Democracy
― Demagoguery and Democracy

“This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course this is not total freedom â€� we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

“Our experience of consciousness is so intrinsic to who we are, we rarely notice that something mysterious is going on. Consciousness is experience itself, and it is therefore easy to miss the profound question staring us in the face in each moment: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious?”
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind

“Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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