History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. The Nightingale and the Rose
In the constitution of that rational animal I see no virtue which is opposed to justice, but I see a virtue which is opposed to love of pleasure, and that is temperance. Book VIII
Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible. Future Shock
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