Kindle notes for Hank Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing*:
I’m going to attempt to come at this account honestly, but I’ll also admit to a significant pro-me bias.
The power that each of us has over complete strangers to make them feel terrible and frightened and weak is amazing.
the average middle-class person in the US is one of the 3 percent richest people in the world.
When you get stuck fighting small battles, it makes you small.
no matter how much you proofread, the first time you open the final version of your book, you will find a typo on the very first page you look at. Ugh.
Humans are terrible at believing reality.
More people died in car accidents on July 13 than in those bombings.
We are irrational beings, easy to manipulate if you’re willing to do whatever it takes.
* Note: both Anne and I liked this novel much more than the sequel, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor.
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