Arman

It is faith in authority that allows injustice to grow. It is not just evil individuals, but the millions of people who follow orders without question who make large-scale harm possible. Justice requires personal responsibility, not blind obedience.

Sometimes the most powerful design choice is knowing when not to add more elements

We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective. – Kurt Vonnegut

The point of reading #books is to invoke an internal transformation, rather than educating oneself on some collection of facts, remembering the details of books is not important, the memory of the book is retained in the transformation, not in your mind as a collection of facts.

“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed.”

We are all riding on a huge bus speeding towards a cliff, and everybody is arguing about where they sit.

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." —Malcolm X

“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

The racist xenophobia that is on the rise isn't new, every fascist project in history has needed to create a chosen people and a barbaric enemy to justify their anti-human politics.

How to Choose a #Coding Conventions Tailored to Your Team’s Needs: hamidmosalla.com/2024/05/18/how…

Maturity involves not just physical or intellectual growth, but also an evolution in understanding, empathy, and perspective.

@jeffblankenburg Sometimes it has literal physical reasons, like your diet, the amount of exercise you're getting, vitamin and mineral deficiencies etc, suggest to work on the general health of your body, and your mind will takes care to itself.

Why do I just feel sad all the time? My life is pretty great. Wonderful wife, two smart kids, great job, great house, great friends. Something needs to change.

“If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself. ” ― Martin Heidegger

Totalitarian regimes always go after the marginalized, minorities, and outsiders when things they screw up like the economy or wars go horribly wrong.

Just Blogged: Rethinking Knowledge and Learning in the Age of AI hamidmosalla.com/2023/11/04/ret… #ai #learning #artificialintelligence #future

There's nothing more agreeable in life than making peace with status quo and yet, nothing more corrupting.

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ― Mark Twain

@JenMsft I do that with my girlfriend and she's the only friend I have, does that count?

Does anyone else have that one friend that you basically just pass memes back and forth with and that's it?

@Madisonkanna Hopefully not on the main branch.

Programmers on dating apps be like: