“That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that good people do bad things.” PeopleEventsMessagesTrialsBad ThingsWitchGood PeopleBad PeopleNazismSalemWitch TrialsSalem Witch Trials Author:Neal Stephenson
“Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters. That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that good people do bad things. It's distressingly easy for those mechanisms to be triggered, either consciously by demagogues, or naively by people who think they're trying to do the right thing. Which is why I think it's more akin to tic-tac-toe.” PeopleThinkingTryingCertainTurnsEasyEventsMessagesMonstersTrialsPsychologicalRight ThingKicksBad ThingsWitchGood PeopleMechanismToesBad PeopleNazismTicsSalemWitch TrialsSalem Witch TrialsTic Tacs Author:Neal Stephenson
“I'll take anyone I can get that will pay money to see me. And if there's more of me in the world, people who think they're good people and comedians who have a good message or whatever, then that's great. If there's some kind of balance there that's good.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldKindI CanPayBalanceMessagesComedianGood People Author:Jen Kirkman
“I have to remember the good people in the world outnumber the bad people. I think when you start to feel frustrated or you have no hope left in humanity or whatever, you've got to just remember that there are people out there who are working incredibly hard to get a positive message across.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsHardRememberHumanityLeftMessagesGood PeopleFrustratedBad PeopleNo HopePositive Messages Author:Bethany Cosentino