Author: nickvooi

QOTD: “When you have the microphone, what you say matters, even when you’re just kidding. It’s so easy to take refuge in the “just” of just kidding. It’s just a joke. We’re just doing it for the memes. But the preposterous and absurd can still shape our understanding of ourselves and one another. And ridiculous … Continue reading QOTD →

QOTD: "Despite these as well as other internal divisions, the Eight Banners by and large presented a united front to the outside world. With some exceptions, such as the addition of the Tibetan company to the Manchu banners in the 1770s, membership in the system was based on birth and was closed to new recruits. … Continue reading QOTD →

QOTD: “I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain’t so.” Josh Billings

QOTD: “But you just said, we quarrel. I suppose it’s like when two grannies have a dispute, and the villagers constantly whisper in their ears about the wickedness of the other one. If the grannies want to have any peace, they have to forget everyone else and remember that they used to be friends.” Kyunghee … Continue reading QOTD →

"Injustice anywhere is threat to to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King Jr.

QOTD: "The pen might not be mightier than the sword, but maybe the printing press is heavier than the siege weapon. Just a few words can change everything." Terry Pratchett

QOTD: "For a machine to run smoothly and predictably, its parts must be standard and hence replaceable." Charles Eisenstein

QOTD: "Everything has its limit iron ore cannot be educated into gold." Mark Twain

QOTD: "Kang Youwei went even further and suggested abolishing the dynasty's queue requirement. In a lengthy account of the Meiji reforms titled A Study of the Governmental Reforms in Japan (Riben bianzheng kao), which he offered to the court in 1898, Kang too alluded to the desirability of the Qing emperor's emulating the Japanese ruler, … Continue reading QOTD →

QOTD: “My delight may be conceived when there were revealed to me beautiful tangles, tufts and chains of round organisms in great numbers.” Alexander Ogston