I'm definitely preoccupied by thinking I'm just a biological thing. I want to feel that there's more, but … - Yannis Philippakis

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Remember: there is no place, no community, no external circumstance that is not serviceable for the battle you have chosen. The exception is only such work as directly serves your vices.

Yannis Philippakis

I'm definitely preoccupied by thinking I'm just a biological thing. I want to feel that there's more, but so often I'm reminded of how we're just like baboons, basically.

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