Schlagwort: Wahnsinn

Gesundheitsquarantäne.

Da blieb nur eins: sich in sich selbst zurückziehen und schweigen, solange die andern fieberten und tobten.

Stefan Zweig: Die Welt von Gestern (1944)

Vernunffnung.

Ach, wir liebten alle unsere Zeit, die uns auf ihren Flügeln trug, wir liebten Europa! Aber dieser vertrauensselige Glaube an die Vernunft, daß sie den Irrwitz in letzter Stunde verhindern würde, war zugleich unsere einzige Schuld.

Stefan Zweig: Die Welt von Gestern (1944)

Suvland.

Als SUV’s een land waren, zouden ze de op vijf na grootste uitstoter ter wereld zijn.

Jelmer Mommers: Goed nieuws over het klimaat

Shipcoin.

As with many stories about techno-libertarian fantasies, the tale of the Satoshi begins in an all-male, quasi-frat house in San Francisco in the late 90s.

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In his scheme, the Satoshi would connect, via two looping tunnels on the water, to human-made floating platforms designated for agriculture, manufacturing and parkland. From the air, the whole community would form the shape of the bitcoin B.

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Even scrapping the Satoshi proved to be a debacle.

Sophie Elmhirst: The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship (The Guardian)

Wahnsinnenschaft.

Just out of curiosity. I'm not trying to prove anything, by the way. I'm a scientist and I know what constitutes proof. But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. I'll show you something to demonstrate that later. So, the other reason I call myself Wonko the Sane is so that people will think I am a fool. That allows me to say what I see when I see it. You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.

Wonko the Sane in So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams