“Year-end financial statements express a truth about office life which is no less irrefutable yet also, in the end, no less irrelevant or irritating than an evolutionary biologist's proud reminder that the purpose of existence lies in the propagation of our genes.” YearsEndsLyingPurposeExistenceProudOfficeFinancialStatementsGenesIrrelevantRemindersIrritatingBiologistPropagationYear EndFinancial Statements Author:Alain de Botton
“We will create life from inanimate compounds, and we will find life in space. But the life that should more immediately interest us lies between these extremes, in the middle range we all inhabit between our genes and our stars.” ShouldLyingStarsInterestSpaceMiddleExtremesRangeGenesCompounds Author:Nicholas A. Christakis