Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Manuel DeLanda

Born: 1952 (age 73)
Bio: Manuel DeLanda, is a Mexican-American writer, artist and philosopher who has lived in New York since 1975.
Known for:
- A thousand years of nonlinear history (1997)
- Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (2002)
- War in the Age of Intelligent Machines