Simple Truths
Comparison is the thief of joy.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Only those who look at the horizon find the right road. If you look at your feet, you’ll stumble.
— Dag Hammarskjöld
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
— Haruki Murakami
The obvious predicament that the intellect has a difficult time with is the sneaking realization that more is never enough. Or, more is maybe enough for a moment, but it doesn’t last.
Stephen Levine • Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness
Hype erodes. Quality persists.
— James Clear
Social scientists have long understood that statistical metrics are at their most pernicious when they are being used to control the world, rather than try to understand it.
Tim Harford • The Data Detective
People turn to statistics for the same reason a drunk might lean against a lamppost: more for support than illumination.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
— Abraham Lincoln
I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”