“It's been said that when in love we find it astonishing that it is possible to love someone else so much, because normally we love each other so little.”— David Pearce, hedweb.comTagged: Love, How Humans Are, Quote of the Moment
“Even the most virile of imaginations can apprehend in only the barest and formal sense the ravishing splendor that lies ahead.”— David Pearce, hedweb.comTagged: Secular Versions of Redemption Through Drugs/Genetic Engineering, Lack of Imagination, Where Words Fail, When Words Fail
“What grounds are there for predicting that suffering and malaise will be replaced by gradients of genetically preprogrammed well-being? When, if ever, might paradise-engineering become practical politics?”— David Pearce, hedweb.comTagged: Genetic Engineering, Politics of Transhumanism, Futurology
“To escape from the hedonic treadmill we must first sabotage a small but vicious set of negative feedback mechanisms.”— David Pearce, hedweb.comTagged: Overcoming, Overriding Our Emotions