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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons

Tom Murphy · Have I mentioned how important I think Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael is? I reread it recently for the first time in a while, and was again impressed with how many important modernity-challenging ideas are packed into one novel.

The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons

Tom Murphy · Oh No. Is Do the Math about to get hijacked for another long series about a Daniel Quinn book, like it was for Ishmael?

My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons

Tom Murphy · We’re awkwardly caught between being too intelligent to work as well as turtles and mushrooms, but not intelligent enough to be like angels or gods. The flaw, then, is intelligence, which gives us enough power to screw up the world...

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