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“You don’t go around saying “Am I happy?” all the time, unless you’re human, of course.”

Quote by Tom Holt

Book:Expecting Someone Taller

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Expecting Someone Taller

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Tom Holt

Tom Holt is a British novelist known for his humorous and satirical style. Born on September 13, 1961, he has been active in the literary world since the early 1980s. Holt's works span a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, and humorous novels. more

“Humanism thought that experiences occur inside us, and that we ought to find within ourselves the meaning of all that happens, thereby infusing the universe with meaning. Dataists believe that experiences are valueless if they are not shared, and that we need not – indeed cannot – find meaning within ourselves. We need only record and connect our experience to the great data flow, and the algorithms will discover its meaning and tell us what to do. Twenty years ago Japanese tourists were a universal laughing stock because they always carried cameras and took pictures of everything in sight. Now everyone is doing it. If you go to India and see an elephant, you don’t look at the elephant and ask yourself, ‘What do I feel?’ – you are too busy looking for your smartphone, taking a picture of the elephant, posting it on Facebook and then checking your account every two minutes to see how many Likes you got. Writing a private diary – a common humanist practice in previous generations – sounds to many present-day youngsters utterly pointless. Why write anything if nobody else can read it? The new motto says: ‘If you experience something – record it. If you record something – upload it. If you upload something – share it.”

Human Experience Humanism Data Meaning

Book:Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Source: Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

“The way you love or treat yourself dictates or defines how others will treat you.”

Love Human Be You Person Others Treat Defines Dictates

Author:Dr Prem Jagyasi

“We fail because we are human. But we try! Try knowing you will fail to some extent. Because if you don’t try, you fail completely.”

Failure Human Learn Fail Try

Book:Folded Wisdom: Notes from Dad on Life, Love, and Growing Up

Source: Folded Wisdom: Notes from Dad on Life, Love, and Growing Up

“God wants man, whom he has created and in whose heart he has so profoundly entrenched a love for life, to do all he can to preseve an existence that is sometimes so painful, but always so dear to him.”