aphorisms.
The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.
Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009
In America, intelligent people go to technology, curious people to science, creative people to the arts, greedy people to finance, and idiots go to work for the State Department. - Taleb.
If you're smart, wealth can buy you the lightness of absence of schedule & the ability to modulate your day to surprises as they come.
If you're stupid (like most rich pple), wealth buys you the prison of a rigid schedule, metastatic obligations, & self-feeding complications.
Nassim Nicholas Talebx.comThe worst days in the arena are better than the best days in the stands.
Consumption that does not eventually turn to creation ends in a kind of restless depression
Dylan O'Sullivanx.comthe problem with “i am X” is “i am”.
Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.