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In the eighteenth century Marie Antoinette allegedly advised the starving masses that if they ran out of bread, they should just eat cake instead. Today, the poor are following this advice to the letter.

Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus

Seahorses, in contrast, submit to a huge set of sponsors. Federal agencies, large charities, small foundations, local nonprofits, random passersby with change jingling loudly in their pockets—they’ll all get proposals.

Paul J. Silvia • How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing

For Hobbes every act we perform, though ostensibly kind or altruistic, is actually self-serving.

Raymond Wacks • Philosophy of Law

The $1,000 "MAGA" accounts just proposed for the "big, beautiful bill" are one of the best ideas yet in the Trump administration. To remain stable, America needs to be a nation of owners who have a stake in the country. When people have nothing and own nothing, they're far more ready to blow the system up.... See more

Charlie Kirk x.com

“I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy…in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine.”

John Adams (Letter to Abigail Adams 12 May 1780)

I then point out that we are all in that situation of the person passing the shallow pond. We can all save the lives of people, both children and adults, who would otherwise die, and we can do so at a very small cost to us: the cost of a new CD, a shirt, or a night out at a restaurant or concert, can mean the difference between life and death to... See more

The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle — EA Forum

This guy says something so stupid, but so charismatically that he just might pull it off https://t.co/mDOp4EPmcS

Shaun Maguire x.com

Finally, I want to help all of you recognize that every conversation about money is also about values. Allowance is also about patience. Giving is about generosity. Work is about perseverance. Negotiating their wants and needs and the difference between the two has a lot to do with thrift and prudence.

Ron Lieber • The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money

This year we set out to answer a question: Why do people under thirty-five, who make up 40 percent of our audience, provide only 10 percent of our donations? Our theory was that they didn’t realize how much we rely on charitable donations to do our work, so we decided to try calling them with a short overview of our business and our upcoming shows.