The Point

Quote 7 May 2 notes

Charity humiliates and social aid dignifies and stimulates. Charity is given discreetly; social aid rationally. Charity prolongs the situation; social aid solves it…. Charity is the generosity of the fortunate; social aid remedies social inequalities. Charity seperates the wealthy from the poor; social aid raises the needy to the level of the well to do.

— Evita Peron

Quote 9 Apr 4 notes

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. … We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.

— Albert Einstein, 1954

Text 2 Apr transhumanism

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Text 2 Apr From Humanism to Transhumanism

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Source: Transhumanity.net. Our understanding about ourselves and about our relationships with nature around us has increased significantly due to the continuous advances in science and technology.

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Quote 24 Mar

When your life is defined by a single action, it changes the concept of time

— John Smith

Text 19 Mar How Much Longer Until Humanity Becomes A Hive Mind?

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Quote 19 Mar

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

— Aldous Huxley

Quote 19 Mar

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

— Epicurus

Text 17 Jan Dekiru Koto (Be Able To)

Should you have memories you wish to forget
I’ll help you wipe them away with an eraser
To ease the mind into a good night sleep
Early icy mornings, the earth shakes
Memories engraved in the body
Not sure if it can make you strong
In the end, even if we know we’ll return to dust
What, what do you think I should
do with these feelings?
This song of mine is not
so intense
But perhaps (it) may be able to comfort
your heart
Should you have memories you wish to forget
I’ll help you wipe them away with an eraser
To ease the mind into a good night’s sleep

~by Fukuhara Kimie

Quote 11 Jan

Existence needs essence the way a walking tour needs local color.

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Charles Bernstein

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/182837