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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 10:26 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 9:05 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 7:57 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 6:47 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 6:31 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 5:29 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 4:34 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 3:32 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 2:30 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 1:12 AM

I live by the opposite...that we're not as different or individual as we think. We come from common ancestors and share the same physical environment types.

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 11:51 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 10:31 PM

For me it's an intense desire to reduce human suffering...with a focus on unnecessary human driven tragedy. So, I guess I fit in here with an aversion to death...drive...

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 9:25 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 8:11 PM

Universality, or state of war. Either what you do is based on "man as a measure" and "Preserve Life!" ethics, or you've turned right, and built your system in a state of war enshrining conflict in humanity until your system is eliminated.

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 6:19 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 4:56 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 2:28 AM

Amazing...

See biography for Lin Yutang:
civilsimian.com/Lin-Yutang

Read Lin Yutang's work:
civilsimian.com/user/231/con...

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 1:15 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 12:07 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 8:03 PM

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