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Dan Ariely • Dollars and Sense
In the Information Age, only cities that repay their upkeep with a high quality of life will stay viable. People at a distance won’t be obligated to subsidize them.
James Dale Davidson • The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State
David Sherry
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“toy” models of economies—simple models that are so abstract they bear little resemblance to reality.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
Compared to the retailer with over a million customers, a pure-play ecommerce website with 5,000 known customers and permissions will have a much lower limit for how much should be invested in personalization.
Arild Horsberg • Hello $FirstName - Norwegian Case Studies: Profiting from Personalization in Norway
An Essentialist, in other words, discerns more so he can do less.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
The non-Essentialist tends to always assume a best-case scenario.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
A barbelled personality—optimistic about the future, but paranoid about what will prevent you from getting to the future—is vital.