"A ship in harbor is safe--but that's not what ships are for." - John A. Shedd
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"If you thought the battles over social media β€œmisinformation” were intense, just wait for the A.I. era. Lots of failed experts are engaged in a tactical retreat, regrouping for the coming battles. They passively admit β€œmistakes were made” but dodge specific accountability and refuse to acknowledge those who got the big questions right. At the same time, they are busy establishing new gatekeepers, taboos, and approved voices. The very people who got so many giant questions so very wrong over the last two decades are attempting to build a new information fortress for the next 20 years."
Q. 44. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us? A. The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us, that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments. Luke 1:74-75; 1 Pet. 1:15-19.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." - Oscar Wilde
"Men do not quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Q. 43. What is the preface to the ten commandments? A. The preface to the ten commandments is in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Ex. 20:2
"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." – John Adams​, 2nd U.S. President, 1797 to 1801