John Twelve Hawks - Reality Quotes

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Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.

John Twelve Hawks

Modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away the curtain and show the reality of power, people are motivated to question the fictions that govern their own lives.

John Twelve Hawks

One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a trade-off between security and privacy. But this is a trade that goes only one way. It's clear that we've lost control over what personal information is public and what we prefer to keep private. The new reality is that they see us, but we can't see them.

John Twelve Hawks

All language – everything we say – is just an approximation of reality.

John Twelve Hawks

In reality, the universe is neutral about our existence. Only dogs care.

John Twelve Hawks