Quotes About Perspective

Homo sapiens is just not built for satisfaction. Human happiness depends less on objective conditions and more on our own expectations.

Con la aparición de la escritura empezamos a oír la historia a través de los oídos de sus protagonistas. Cuando los vecinos de Kushim lo llamaban, podían haber gritado realmente «¡Kushim!». Es revelador que el primer nombre registrado en la historia pertenezca a un contable, y no a un profeta, un poeta o un gran conquistador.

Following Homo sapiens, domesticated cattle, pigs and sheep are the second, third and fourth most widespread large mammals in the world. From a narrow evolutionary perspective, which measures success by the number of DNA copies, the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful boon for chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. Unfortunately,

Estudiamos historia no para conocer el futuro, sino para ampliar nuestros horizontes, para comprender que nuestra situación actual no es natural ni inevitable y que, en consecuencia, tenemos ante nosotros muchas más posibilidades de las que imaginamos.

Zaman alabilir ama nihayetinde Kuzey Kore, Irak ve El Salvador da Danimarka'ya ya da Iowa'ya benzeyecek.

Similarly, if in 2070 you tell the lower classes that they enjoy better healthcare than in 2017, it might be very cold comfort to them, because they would be comparing themselves to the upgraded superhumans who dominate the world.

the name of "sharing experiences," people are encouraged to understand what happens to them in terms of how others see it.

The Knowledge Illusion: We think we know a lot even though individually we know very little because we treat knowledge in the mind of others as if it were our own.

A cultura tende a argumentar que proíbe apenas o que não é natural. Mas, de uma perspectiva biológica, não existe nada que não seja natural. Tudo o que é possível é, por definição, também natural. Um comportamento verdadeiramente não natural, que vá contra as leis da natureza, simplesmente não teria como existir e, portanto, não necessitaria de proibição.

Most people presume that reality is either objective or subjective, and that there is no third option. Hence once they satisfy themselves that something isn't just their own subjective feeling, they jump to the conclusion it must be objective.

happiness consists in seeing one's life in its entirety as meaningful and worthwhile. There is an important cognitive and ethical component

Previous seekers of empire tended to assume that they already understood the world. Conquest merely utilised and spread their view of the world.

If you ask for the true meaning of life and get a story in reply, know that this is the wrong answer. The exact details don't really matter. Any story is wrong, simply for being a story. The universe just does not work like a story.

Homo sapiens can speak about things that don't really exist, and believe six impossible things before breakfast.

Meaning is created when many people weave together a common network of stories.

Más de un siglo después de que Nietzsche afirmara que Dios había muerto, parece que Dios ha vuelto.

Like a child thinking that his parents are fighting because of him, the monotheist is convinced that the Persians are fighting the Babylonians because of him.

The subjective is something that exists depending on the consciousness and beliefs of a single individual. It disappears or changes if that particular individual changes his or her beliefs.

La cultura tiende a aducir que solo prohíbe lo que es antinatural. Pero, desde una perspectiva biológica, nada es antinatural. Todo lo que es posible es, por definición, también natural. Un comportamiento verdaderamente antinatural, que vaya contra las leyes de la naturaleza, simplemente no puede existir, de modo que no necesitaría prohibición.

When examining the history of any human network, it is therefore advisable to stop from time to time and look at things from the perspective of some real entity. How do you know if an entity is real? Very simple – just ask yourself, 'Can it suffer?' When people burn down the temple of Zeus, Zeus doesn't suffer.

Desde una perspectiva evolutiva estricta, la que mide el éxito por el número de copias de ADN, la revolución agrícola fue una maravillosa bendición para las gallinas, las vacas, los cerdos y las ovejas.

People afraid of losing their truth tend to be more violent than people who are used to looking at the world from several different viewpoints. Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.

All humanist sects believe that human experience is the supreme source of authority and meaning, yet they interpret human experience in different ways.

If you feel like running down the street crying 'The apocalypse is upon us!', try telling yourself 'No, it's not that. Truth is, I just don't understand what's going on in the world.