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“Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier. Many ideas- probably most- will have to be discarded somewhere in the process of producing authenticated knowledge. Authentication is as important as the raw information itself, and the manner and speed of the authentication process can be crucial.”

“Ideas, like men, can become dictators. We Americans have so far escaped regimentation by our rulers, but have we escaped regimentation by our own ideas? I doubt if there exists today a more complete regimentation of the human mind than that accomplished by our self-imposed doctrine of ruthless utilitarianism.”

“Idee per innovare un sistema turistico e dell’ospitalità così tradizionale come quello italiano? Nessuna. Non c’è speranza. Ora abbiamo pure resuscitato Italia.it. Siamo al nonsense! Venti milioni di euro buttati nel 2007 per un progetto che era già obsoleto 15 anni fa. Se li avessero investiti in bitcoin ora avremmo nove trilioni di euro da destinare al settore. Il ministero del turismo crede davvero che una tecnologia creata nel ‘91 abbia ancora una qualche rilevanza nel 2022? Se si, ve la mostro in prospettiva: quando veniva pubblicato il primo sito web, Riccardo Cocciante vinceva Sanremo con “Se stiamo insieme.” Ecco, puntare su Italia.it oggi è l’equivalente di mandare Cocciante all’Eurovision al posto dei Maneskin.”

“Ideea de destin, care îi obsedează pe oameni sub mii de forme, îmi închipui că provine din această stranie coaliție a forțelor destructive, din această imposibilitate de a opri ceea ce se rostogolește pe pantele abisului. Astupi o breșă și se ivesc zece fisuri. Redresezi cârma și furtuna își dubleză forța. Decrepitudinea, decadența, căderea, s-ar zice că se hrănesc singure, și până la fascinație, din propriul vertij. Nu-i nimic de făcut împotriva uzurii, nu-i nimic de făcut împotriva timpului.”

“Identical twins think and feel in such similar ways that they sometimes suspect they are linked by telepathy. When separated at birth and reunited as adults, they say they feel they have known each other all their lives. Testing confirms that identical twins, whether separated at birth or not, are eerily alike (though far from identical) in just about any trait one can measure. They are similar in verbal, mathematical, and general intelligence, in their degree of life satisfaction, and in personality traits such as introversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness to experience. They have similar attitudes toward controversial issues such as the death penalty, religion, and modern music. They resemble each other not just in paper-and-pencil tests but in consequential behavior such as gambling, divorcing, committing crimes, getting into accidents, and watching television. And they boast dozens of shared idiosyncrasies such as giggling incessantly, giving interminable answers to simple questions, dipping buttered toast in coffee,and-in the case of Abigail van Buren and Ann Landers-writing indistinguishable syndicated advice columns. The crags and valleysof their electroencephalograms (brainwaves) are as alike as those of a single person recorded on two occasions, and the wrinkles of their brains and distribution of gray matter across cortical areas are also similar.”

“Identification with one's office or title is very attractive indeed, which is precisely why so many men are nothing more than the decorum accorded to them by society. In vain would one look for a personality behind the husk. Underneath one would find a very pitiable little creature. That is why the office is so attractive: it offers easy compensation for personal deficiencies.”

“Identification with the body, with the mind, with our possessions, with our families, with our friends - any kind of identification takes you outwards. All your possessions will be outwards: your wife, your husband, your children, your body - your body is outside you; your mind - your mind is outside you. The only thing that is not outside you is the witnessing. Just the watchfulness - that is your buddha. Identification means losing witnessing, falling into the trap of attachment. That is our misery, that is our slavery.”

“Identification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for that factor you are willing to kill another - and that is called, the love of your country, love of the neighbor . . .? One can see that where sentiment and emotion come in, love is not.”