An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

bent over backward

Humanity, what do you think of us?”

“Beautiful,” Carl replied

But addiction isn’t necessarily about the specific thing; it’s about mental reliance, it’s a bug in your brain software

When everyone you know (including the president of the United States) is telling you the same thing, eventually you listen

I wanted to be more than the vehicle through which this final sequence was solved; I wanted my name on that goddamn Wikipedia page!

Human beings are terrible at accepting uncertainty, so when we’re ignorant, we make assumptions based on how we imagine the world

When you get stuck fighting small battles, it makes you small

Not being able to help was his least favorite feeling in the world.

keep the jolt

Just because someone has power over you doesn’t mean they’re going to use it to hurt you. People who believe that tend to either be:

People who have been victims of that sort of behavior, or . . .

People who, if given power, will use it to hurt you