The universe would look to a two-dimensional creature who spend its life moving on the service of what turned out to be a globe, it could travel for millions of years and would always return to its starting point, it would never be conscious of what was above it or beneath it.
The architecture of cognition constrains the forms of knowledge representation.
Every tree we plant today is a legacy for generations we'll never meet.
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!