Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
~ Joseph Heller
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The only wisdom I think I’ve attained is the wisdom to be skeptical of other people’s ideology and other people’s arguments.
~ Joseph Heller
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The political change of Silicon Valley figures like Marc Andreessen was less a conversion to Trumpism than a deconversion from liberalism, caused by pressure from below and above.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Deng Xiaoping was born
on this day in 1904
Deng Xiaoping – the Architect of Modern China – was born on August 22, 1904 in Guang’an, Sichuan during the last stages of the Qing Empire.
He served as the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from December 1978 to November 1989.
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Good design is unobtrusive.
~ Dieter Rams
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Interesting Read
via Wired Magazine:
McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There
by Reece Rogers
published on August 12, 2026
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