Walter U.

“cynics are merely idealists with unusually high standards. Through”
― Alain de Botton, The Course of Love

“If something seems completely doomed, just give it a little more time. Worst case scenario, you get to be right. Just find out for sure.”
― Jon Bois

“The individual who acts with bias engages with an expectation instead of reality. That expectation is assembled from the artifacts of culture: headlines and history books, myths and statistics, encounters real and imagined, and selective interpretations of reality that confirm prior beliefs. Biased individuals do not see a person. They see a person-shaped daydream.”
― Jessica Nordell, The End of Bias: What the New Science of Overcoming Bias Teaches Us About Transforming Our Lives, Our Companies, Our World

“We invented fire, repeatedly messed up, and then invented the fire extinguisher, fire exit, fire alarm and fire department.”
― Max Tegmark, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence