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Surveillance of the Future – Yuval Noah Harari

“Imagine North Korea in twenty years, when everyone must wear a biometric wristband that monitors your blood pressure, heart rate, and brain activity around the clock. You hear a speech from the great leader on the radio and they know what you really feel. You can clap your hands and smile, but if you are angry, they know you will be in the gulag tomorrow.

And if we allow the emergence of such total surveillance regimes, do not think that the rich and powerful will be safe in places like Davos.”

Yuval Noah Harari

Quote by Juvenal: Unequal Punishments for the Same Offense

“Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.”

Juvenal

Managers and Bureaucracy – Quote by Alvin Toffler

“Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise – bureaucrats.”

Alvin Toffler

Augustine of Hippo on time – The profound quote you must understand!

“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
Augustinus von Hippo

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge – Alfred North Whitehead

“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”

Alfred North Whitehead

In war, truth is the first casualty – Aeschylus

“In war, truth is the first casualty.”

Aischylos

Taxes as Robbery – Quote by Thomas Aquinas

“Taxes are a permitted form of robbery.”

Thomas von Aquin

Give them bread and circuses – Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt”

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

Independence in Thinking – Swami Vivekananda

“Independence in thinking is the first sign of freedom. Without it, you remain a slave to circumstances.”

Swami Vivekananda

Quote by Unknown on Freedom and Adventure in Sailing

“There is no better feeling than sailing with the wind at your back and the open sea in front of you.”

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