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The Opposites Everywhere

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”

~ Elie Wiesel

The Passion of Laughter

"The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly."

by The Leviathan

Why Do Humans Think? Can You Think Up the Answer

"Why do humans think? Why are we so fascinated with our ability to think? Why are we so distressed when something threatens our intellectual superiority? We respond with apprehension to thinking machines, but live comfortably around countless machines physically stronger than ourselves. Why do we guard our minds so jealously?"

Source: Ollivier Dyens Metal and Flesh, The Evolution of Man: Technology Takes Over