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The philosopher Onora O’Neill once declared, “Well-placed trust grows out of active inquiry rather than blind acceptance.”
Tim Harford • The Data Detective
customer transparent superiority.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
President Kennedy’s normally astute advisers suspended their judgment. Why? Because they thought he was golden and everything he did was bound to succeed.
Carol Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
"I am a legend," he told a group of foreign investors at a dinner speech in March 2001 shortly before his appointment to head the Economy Ministry. The power of his intellect, his incorruptibility, and the sincerity of his desire for his country's well-being were undeniable; the only question was whether he had a sense of proportion about
... See morePaul Blustein • And the Money Kept Rolling in (And Out): Wall Street, the Imf, And the Bankrupting of Argentina: Wall Street, the IMF and the Bankrupting of Argentina
The important task for students of economic fairness is not to identify ideal behavior but to find the line that separates acceptable conduct from actions that invite opprobrium and punishment.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Are expectations of longer-term benefits reasonable?
Felix Oberholzer-Gee • Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
If this is us, we are far more likely, when asked whom we admire, to mention famous politicians, celebrity CEOs, or prominent social leaders than accomplished scientists or artists.
Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
And then the precautionary principle advises, ‘Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.’ There is a closed loop of ideas here: on the assumption that knowledge is not going to grow, the precautionary principle is true; and on the assumption that the precautionary principle is true, we cannot afford to allow knowledge to grow. Unless a so
... See moreDavid Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Monopolists can afford to think about things other than making money; non-monopolists can’t.