Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
道德既束缚又蒙蔽。它将我们束缚在意识形态团队中,彼此争斗,仿佛世界的命运取决于我们一方赢得每一场战斗。它使我们看不到每个团队都是由有重要意见的好人组成的事实。
A man without a homeland is like a nightingale without a song.
如果你做的很好,这是件令人愉快的事。相反的情况,就很令人沮丧。社会学家Emil,Durkheim分析发现,这提高了自杀率,追求个人主义的发达国家的自杀率,高过于世界上其它地方,原因是人们把发生在自己身上的事情,全当作自己的责任,人们拥有成功,也拥有失败。
在计算中,不变量是短暂的。
We must constantly challenge the status quo to drive meaningful progress.
I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.
Once made equal to man,woman becomes his superior.
I'd rather make mistakes than do nothing.