Quote by Robert Wright

Your brain may give birth to any technology, but other brains will decide whether the technology thrives. The number of possible technologies is infinite,…

— Robert Wright

“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" asked the Christian theologian Tertullian... Having received the revealed thruth via Christ, "we want no curious disputation."…

— Robert Wright

“And don’t feel like you’re committing a felony-level violation of Buddhist dogma just because you think of yourself as being a self.”

— Robert Wright

“The keen sensitivity with which people detect the flaws of their rivals is one of nature's wonders. It takes a Herculean effort to control…

— Robert Wright

“realizing you’re not king can be the first step toward getting some real power.”

— Robert Wright

“So if the conscious mind isn’t in control, what is in control?”

— Robert Wright

“happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.”

— Robert Wright

“They will, on the one hand, have sex with just about anything that moves, given an easy chance, like males in a low-MPI species.…

— Robert Wright

Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue.

— Robert Wright

“It may seem seem cynical to see all religion as basically self-serving, and indeed the idea has been put pithily by a famous cynic.…

— Robert Wright

“Brewer said the basic idea is to not fight the urge to, say, smoke a cigarette. That doesn’t mean you succumb to the urge…

— Robert Wright

Humans have various ways of coping with extended stress, and one is the anticipation of a better time. Here, as with retribution, there is…

— Robert Wright