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Safetyism is the cult of safety--an obsession with eliminating threats (both real and imagined) to the point at which people become unwilling to make reasonable trade-offs demanded by other practical and moral concerns. #JonathanHaidt

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Safetyism is the cult of safety--an obsession with eliminating threats (both real and imagined) to the point at which people become unwilling to make reasonable trade-offs demanded by other practical and moral concerns. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2024
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Sacredness is so irrepressible that it intrudes repeatedly into the modern profane world in the form of crypto-religious behavior. #JonathanHaidt

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Sacredness is so irrepressible that it intrudes repeatedly into the modern profane world in the form of crypto-religious behavior. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2024
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I would ask also, whether a social or a natural life is most likely to become insupportable to those who enjoy it. We see around us hardly a creature in civil society, who does not lament his existence #JeanJacquesRousseau

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I would ask also, whether a social or a natural life is most likely to become insupportable to those who enjoy it. We see around us hardly a creature in civil society, who does not lament his existence #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2024
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The sentimental protection of childhood falls away, and, to one's great anger, a range of horrible but profoundly important realisations come into view. #TheSchoolOfLife

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The sentimental protection of childhood falls away, and, to one's great anger, a range of horrible but profoundly important realisations come into view. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2024
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We don't have to be persuaded of anything: the effects [of certain pieces of music] occur at a physical level first and they in turn influence the character of our thoughts. #TheSchoolOfLife

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We don't have to be persuaded of anything: the effects [of certain pieces of music] occur at a physical level first and they in turn influence the character of our thoughts. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 23, 2024
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If you ask people to sing a song together, or to march in step, or just to tap out some beats together on a table, it makes them trust each other more and be more willing to help each other out, in part because it makes people feel more similar to each other. #JonathanHaidt

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If you ask people to sing a song together, or to march in step, or just to tap out some beats together on a table, it makes them trust each other more and be more willing to help each other out, in part because it makes people feel more similar to each other. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2024
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We often measure loyalty in our relationships by the degree to which a belief is irrational or unwarranted by the evidence. For example, we don't consider it loyal for an employee to stay at a company when it's paying her twice the salary she could make elsewhere #KevinSimler

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We often measure loyalty in our relationships by the degree to which a belief is irrational or unwarranted by the evidence. For example, we don't consider it loyal for an employee to stay at a company when it's paying her twice the salary she could make elsewhere #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 22, 2024
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