Juan Orbea

From the Enlightenment on, modern political philosophy has been character- ized by the abandonment of a set of questions that an earlier age had deemed central: What is a well-lived life? What does it mean to be human? What is the nature of the city and humanity? How does culture and religion fit into all of this? For the modern world, the death of... See more

It is composed of 2390 works in 3171 editions and translations (1618 in Greek and 637 in Latin).

1) a deep dislike of the "woke" US left, exemplified by the New York Times, 2) a combination of strong discomfort with the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarianism with an understanding of why the CCP often justifiably fears the United States, and3) an appreciation of the love of freedom of the US right (exemplified by Bitcoin maximalists)... See more

The most lasting and effective way to change your life is to change who you’re surrounded by. Since networks so powerfully shape who we are and what we do, the best way to change ourselves is to change our networks.This is a big limitation at the way we look at self-development and self-transformation. We think we can just roll out of bed one day,... See more

The child mortality rate in Africa now is the same that Europe had in 1952.

Not to mention people's capacity to study more as an attempt to improve how "smart" they were was virtually futile.

- The concept of ‘micromarriages’ and ‘microbestfriendships’.