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It is this financially incentivized proliferation of chatter, and the utter speed at which waves of hysteria now happen online, that has so deeply horrified me and offended my senses and cognition as a human who dwells in human, bodily time. #JennyOdell

It is this financially incentivized proliferation of chatter, and the utter speed at which waves of hysteria now happen online, that has so deeply horrified me and offended my senses and cognition as a human who dwells in human, bodily time. #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 1, 2025

But in most contexts, we start to bristle when people get too full of themselves. It's part of that forager aversion to dominance, since bragging is a way to increase one's influence and dominance within a community. #KevinSimler

But in most contexts, we start to bristle when people get too full of themselves. It's part of that forager aversion to dominance, since bragging is a way to increase one's influence and dominance within a community. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2025

Replace your overdramatic worldview with a worldview based on facts. You will be able to get the world right without learning it by heart. You will make better decisions, stay alert to real dangers and possibilities and avoid being constantly stressed about the wrong #HansRosling

Replace your overdramatic worldview with a worldview based on facts. You will be able to get the world right without learning it by heart. You will make better decisions, stay alert to real dangers and possibilities and avoid being constantly stressed about the wrong #HansRosling — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2025

Nietzsche was a fervent admirer of individuality and would have considered the idea of the higher man as state creation both absurd and abhorrent. #JordanPeterson

Nietzsche was a fervent admirer of individuality and would have considered the idea of the higher man as state creation both absurd and abhorrent. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2025

As long as bad things have not vanished from the face of the earth, there will always be enough incidents to fill the news, especially when billions of smartphones turn most of the world's population into crime reporters and war correspondents. #StevenPinker

As long as bad things have not vanished from the face of the earth, there will always be enough incidents to fill the news, especially when billions of smartphones turn most of the world's population into crime reporters and war correspondents. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2025

Values cannot be changed through reason, only through experience. #MarkManson

Values cannot be changed through reason, only through experience. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2025

Each generation tends to see the one after it as weak, whiny, and lacking in resilience. #JonathanHaidt

Each generation tends to see the one after it as weak, whiny, and lacking in resilience. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 29, 2025