Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
Harry S Truman
-
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
George Bernard Shaw
-
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
Aeschylus
-
If an offer comes my way, I would love to sing in every Indian language. It will be like an ode to my fans from every corner of the country.
Yo Yo Honey Singh
-
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.
Leonardo da Vinci
-
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
Samuel Johnson
-
You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
Lou Holtz
-
Film festivals are usually unpleasant experiences on some level. The lines are ridiculous, the crowds are ridiculous, or the schedules are impossibly arranged: ‘You say that there’s a film you really want to see? Try the 8 A.M. show! Oh, it’s too bad you didn’t get to bed until 2 A.M. the night before.’
Yance Ford
-
But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.
Jane Goodall
-
So we originally expected to make about 35 gigawatt hours at the cell level and about 50 gigawatt hours at the module or pack level. Now we are expecting to do about 150 gigawatt hours in the same volumetric space as the original design.
Elon Musk
Got any book recommendations?