"Scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand? Your good qualities should face inwards."

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"There are too many possible lifestyles now, and it's a bigger problem than you realize."

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"On the value of soul in the era of machine intelligence."

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