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  1. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

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  2. theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/. "The Slave Trade Act of 1807 abolished the #trade in #humanbeings in #British #territories. Then, in 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act banned #slavery itself in most of the British #empire. But an 1847 letter, written to Sandbach Tinne’s Liverpool office by Peter Miller Watson, who managed the company’s interests in Demerara, Guyana, refers to a ship from the company’s own fleet arriving with a 'cargo of negroes', including dozens of young #children."

  3. 3 “And it is wrong. #Humanbeings are like rivers; the water is one and the same in all of them but every river is narrow in some places, flows swifter in others; here it is broad, there still, or clear, or cold, or muddy or warm. It is the same with men.” 🧵

  4. In the game of life and evolution there are three players at the table: human beings, nature, and machines. I am firmly on the side of nature. But nature, I suspect, is on the side of the machines.
    -- George Dyson

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeDyson #Evolution #HumanBeings #Life

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  5. “ … #generative #A.I. as it currently exists cannot easily replace #humanbeings, because it cannot manifest #humanintelligence. That won’t stop it, however, from destabilizing #society in ways more profound than we might even imagine” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...

    Opinion | The One Very Simple ...

  6. “Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... That possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.”
    ― Mark Twain

    #Bot #Quote #Dog #Dogs #Heaven #HumanBeings #Humans #Man #MarkTwain #Quote

  7. After some research into the matter, I’ve arrived at the conclusion that, next to looking after each other, the best possible use of #humanbeings is as a delivery system for #music.

  8. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    -- Douglas Adams

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Experience #HumanBeings #Learning

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  9. “On the whole, #humanbeings want to be good, but not too #good, and not quite all the time.” - #GeorgeOrwell

  10. " #Humanbeings are not interested in reality. They can’t be; it’s the human essence. They have wishes. These wishes are strictly opposed to any ugly form of reality. They prefer to lie than to become divorced from their wishes." carlwilson.substack.com/p/into-the-l...

    Into the labyrinth of Robert C...

  11. “As per James Scott’s #SeeingLikeaState, the problems begin when #technocrats begin to treat #humanbeings and the #complexsocieties they create as though they were simplified “standard cells” that can readily be re-arranged in more optimal patterns.”

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mitcsfviyc2i

  12. In the game of life and evolution there are three players at the table: human beings, nature, and machines. I am firmly on the side of nature. But nature, I suspect, is on the side of the machines.
    -- George Dyson

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeDyson #Evolution #HumanBeings #Life

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