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Silver now trades at ~65:1 to gold despite being only 8x rarer above ground.
Covey wrote a formula: Credibility (proof) = character + competence.
First, I encourage you all toward the early development of personal courage that moves you toward competent independence. This is accomplished by taki
Companies need a much smaller number of people who are excellent at 3 things: selling product, shipping product, and giving customers a great experien
We can't see the number of new factories and jobs that would have come into existence if the government had allowed the taxpayers to spend their money
If the government is empowered to grant monopoly rights or tariff protection to one group, at the expense of the general public or of designated loser
Under the auspices of tyranny the life of the subject is often sported with, and the fruits of his daily toil are consumed in oppressive taxes, that s
Federal debt already affects the borrowing costs households face today. So when Congress argues about deficits, whether they acknowledge it directly o
The Democratic Party in the nineteenth century had been the center of free market political culture. Since the rise of the Jacksonian movement, if not
Churchill was converted to the Bismarckian model of social insurance following a visit to Germany. As Churchill told his constituents: “My heart was f
Initially, various economists concluded that the boom-bust cycle must be deeply rooted within the free market industrial capitalist system. The blame
Under the auspices of tyranny the life of the subject is often sported with, and the fruits of his daily toil are consumed in oppressive taxes, that s
In 1946, a groundbreaking study demonstrated that the reason expert chess players chose better moves than weaker players was not because they were bet
The presence of smartphones degrades cognitive patience because they activate neuronal bundles in our brain’s short-term reward system that anticipate
As Natalie Wexler pointed out, a rigorous study of more than 2,000 students using Core Knowledge Language Arts, a curriculum that systematically b
These subjects are: first of all, reading, so that the child has a superb tool for future acquisition of knowledge, and as a later corollary, the vari
As our ability to concentrate has collapsed, I’ve become more and more convinced that it is the superpower we should long for. Sustained focus is the
Every breakthrough — every invention, every industry, every new frontier — began with a handful of extraordinary individuals free to take extraordina
From Genesis, man enters not a paradise without labor but a world of intentional creation. The LORD God places man in the Garden of Eden "to dress it
First, I encourage you all toward the early development of personal courage that moves you toward competent independence. This is accomplished by taki
Thucydides had Herodotus, Gibbon had Thucydides. Shelby Foote had Gibbon. Everyone has a master to learn from.
What are the best original sources that everyone else quotes? Find that book and aim to know it.
The heart of Tolkien’s literary theory is this: literature, the act of writing, of working with language, is a deeply human and salvific task. To work
Jack London “established a routine, which was to last a lifetime, of writing a thousand words per day [aside from Sunday]. If he fell behind his daily
The evidence establishes a clear minimum: each major muscle group must experience mechanical tension at least twice weekly to maintain tissue integri
Your flashlight is already bright enough to achieve your most ambitious goals, and to my knowledge there aren’t many things you can do to actually inc
From Genesis, man enters not a paradise without labor but a world of intentional creation. The LORD God places man in the Garden of Eden "to dress it
“You’ve studied being head of a country for fifty years,” JFK said to him. “Have you found out anything I should know?” De Gaulle advised him to hear
Cummings also continuously talks about decision making – it is government’s job after all. Most of all, his point of focus is on the level of people i
As the complexity of civilisation, the destructive scale of technology and crises, and the speed of crises all increase, there is no greater multi-tri
Most guys will live and die without ever doing anything truly remarkable. They'll work jobs they tolerate, take vacations to places everyone's been, a
Steinbeck on the one story: I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one... Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in th
It was as if normal existence were a photograph of shapeless things in badly printed colors, but this was a sketch done in a few sharp strokes that ma
A friend of mine lost the ability to form memories for a few days last week and it really hammered home that being in the present isn't all that great
Universities need new inter-disciplinary courses. For example, in March 2014 Stanford announced new undergraduate degrees such as Computer Science a
If a 20 year old could both study Bismarck’s critical decisions in the 1860s (and the principles underlying them) and be given practical experience in
“You’ve studied being head of a country for fifty years,” JFK said to him. “Have you found out anything I should know?” De Gaulle advised him to hear
Cummings also continuously talks about decision making – it is government’s job after all. Most of all, his point of focus is on the level of people i
Creating high performance teams is obviously hard but in what ways is it really hard? It is not hard in the same sense that some things are hard like
You can learn more about politics if you really study a few classics and case studies than almost everybody involved in it figures out in a lifetime.
I’d say that perhaps 5-7 really good books on a subject would give you the sort of mastery I’m talking about. It would give you the sort of competence
The value of a graduate student (not to mention, an assistant professor), I’ve come to realize, is directly proportional to the quantity and complexi
Creating high performance teams is obviously hard but in what ways is it really hard? It is not hard in the same sense that some things are hard like
Extreme transparency and communication, horizontally as well as hierarchically … Break information and management silos — a denser network of informat
You need a complex mix of centralisation and decentralisation. While overall vision, goals, and strategy usually comes from the top, it is vital that
You can learn more about politics if you really study a few classics and case studies than almost everybody involved in it figures out in a lifetime.
We should, therefore, read only when the source of our own ideas dries up, which will be the case often enough even with the best minds. On the other
Most of what we read is a summary. The news is summary, many online writers aim to summarize studies or other things they’ve read, the most popular no
“When we speak of someone as well-read, we should have this in mind. Too often, we use that phrase to mean the quantity rather than the quality of rea
Study what you enjoy and what genuinely interests you. Pick something real that teaches you how to think in both a structured and creative way.
The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reaso
We should, therefore, read only when the source of our own ideas dries up, which will be the case often enough even with the best minds. On the other
“The scarcest resources in any organization are performing people. Since World War II, the U.S. military—and so far no one else—has learned to test it
Too often the need to make money (urgent) wins out over the desire to build something we’re proud of (important). Too often the urge to find a way to