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Tactical Laziness

“In the postmodern age, Tactical Laziness has replaced Necessity as the Mother of Invention.”

- Ike Pigott

The End of the Ostrich

“You can’t stick your head in the sand without showing your ass to the world.”

- Ike Pigott

Open Heart Purgery

“Hearts worn on sleeves can’t hide dark secrets.”

- Ike Pigott

More Juxtapositions

The other day, a bunch of people were linking to this really cool cartoon that showed the differences between the varied Dystopian visions of George Orwell (1984) and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World). It highlighted how Orwell feared we’d become prodded by fear, versus Huxley’s alarm we’d be led by pleasure to our own enslavement. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why this same idea popped back into my head…

Attitude Math

“Perpetual pessimism is multiplying by zero; Perpetual optimism is dividing by zero.”

- Ike Pigott