Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from Carl Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World.
A large portion of the problem the United States now faces stems from widespread refusal to accept data that does not conform to our prejudgments.

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Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from Carl Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World.
A large portion of the problem the United States now faces stems from widespread refusal to accept data that does not conform to our prejudgments.
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven.
As someone who just turned 51, seeing this passage about feeling the sheer volume of regret struck a chord.
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from Jack Kornfield, who quotes Nelson Mandela about the power we have when we think highly of a person.
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from The Next Civil War by Stephen Marche. High levels of inequality lead to horrible consequences. Will we deal with it before they occur?
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from Anna Merlan’s Republic of Lies. There are reasons why so many people are choosing to believe lies given our conspiracy-saturated environment.
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from The Next Civil War by Stephen Marche:
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is written by Jason Stanley from his book How Fascism Works:
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is a quote from Ovid highlighted in a meditation I completed.
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from the novel The Cactus League by Emily Nevens:
Today’s Thought from my Readwise collection is from the poet Philip Larkin.