Simple Truths
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.”
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
The zombie apocalypse already happened, we just call it "the internet."
After a lifetime of blaming others, it is exceedingly difficult for us to finally acknowledge that the only person who has consistently been in all the scenes of that long-running soap opera we call our life is us, and, as a necessary corollary, that we bear some large responsibility for how the drama is turning out.
— James Hollis
The common trait of people who supposedly have vision is that they spend a lot of time reading and gathering information, and then synthesize it until they come up with an idea.
— FedEx founder Fred Smith