“BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company. In response, Twitter wants BP to shut down the oil leak that's ruining the ocean.” WantCompanyOceanAccountsResponseOilFakeLeaksOil CompaniesOil Spill Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and it's been a very split kind of response.” PeopleGivingWritingKindHas BeensAccountsGive MeResponseReviewsSplitsPublishers Author:Paul Auster
“It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely that many people will stop having children. By contrast, it is quite likely that my views either will be ignored or will be dismissed. As this response will account for a great deal of suffering between now and the demise of humanity, it cannot plausibly be thought of as philanthropic. That is not to say that it is motivated by any malice towards humans, but it does result from a self-deceptive indifference to the harm of coming into existence.” PeopleHumansHeartChildrenDoeSelfSufferingHumanityResultsViewsDealsExistenceAccountsResponseHarmConclusionIndifferenceMotivatedContrastIgnoredUnlikelyMaliceDemiseDeceptivePhilanthropicHaving Children Book:Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence Source: Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence
“Would your reply possibly be this? Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying we're going to make. If the taxes are too high, I would rather leave the money in my savings account, earning a quarter of 1 percent. Only in Grover Norquist's imagination does such a response exist.” IfsWellsDoeImaginationBusinessDependsTaxesPercentGainsAccountsInvestmentResponseRateSavingQuartersEarningSavingsGroverSavings Accounts Author:Warren Buffett
“Freud expressed the opinion-not quite in earnest, though, it seeemed to me-that philosophy was the most decent form of sublimation of repressed sexuality, nothing more. In response I put the question, 'What then is science, particularly psychoanalytic psychology?' Whereup on he, visible a bit surprised, answered evasively: 'At least psychology has a social purpose.'” PhilosophyFormSciencePurposeSocialBitsOpinionPsychologyAccountsResponseSexualityDecentVisibleEarnestRepressedPsychoanalytic Author:Ludwig Binswanger