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Posts tagged Asimov
The Connection between Celebrity and Terrorism
Feb 18th
“His exploits faded behind the conjoined twins of popular news—terrorism and celebrity, which seemed to me, trained in the study of human cultures, only exaggerated aspects of the same mortal vanities: the need to make a mark; the belief that you alone matter.” [1]
Notes:
Helping Them Take the Old Man Down, Preston, Asimov’s Science Fiction (Penny [...]
The Atheist’s Comfort
Feb 17th
“And so love, personal intimacy, a household: these seemed saving graces—for Claire and me, if for no one else. When the sun swelled and drowned the inner planets, or when our fragile world with all its weapons went under in its own fires, there would at least have been our simple joys for a little [...]
Blindly
Feb 16th
“Njeri knew her motives weren’t pure. She wanted to save the man, yes, but not for his sake. She wanted to save him to make up for all the times she’d cut people open blindly.”[1]
Notes:
Stone Wall Truth, Yoachim, Asimov’s Science Fiction (Penny Publications) – Highlight Loc. 1131-33 [↩]Scridb filter
Nothing is Really Free
Feb 16th
We tend to think of things that we do not immediately pay for as free, but the cost is always either delayed, hidden, suppressed (to entice you to spend more), or comes in the form of other services to the company.
For example, we often think that “as long as you pay off your [...]
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