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Law 25: Re-create Yourself George Sand* Many people accept the default roles society imposes on them, but this is unwise. You should craft a new identity – either according to circumstance, or according to your own…
Heuristics are simple, efficient rules that humans use to make decisions in uncertain situations. We often think of heuristics as mental shortcuts that lead to quick, but sometimes inaccurate judgments.
The Soviets needed control Afghanistan for strategic geopolitical reasons, they installed a puppet dictator, and tried to counter the rise of the Islamic fundamentalists. But the U.S backed the Islamists, and…
Philosophers have tried to figure out the core nature of man, but perhaps this eluded them because man does not have only one core nature. As Erich Fromm put it, the essence of man is really his paradoxical nature.
Taleb’s point in Skin in the Game can be summed up with this observation.
This chapter is an attempt by Becker, who is not a psychologist, to distill what we have learned about mental illnesses in a simple and general way. So far, we have learned about the neurotic, who has failed to…
Today, it is difficult to know what consequences your actions have and whether you are causing harm to the world. In primitive times, it was easy to understand the repercussions of your actions, you knew where…
Chapter 9: Reach out to elect someone By bringing together in compact form all of the arts of show business—music, drama, imagery, humor, celebrity—the television commercial has mounted the most serious assault on…
You know, I am sure, that not numbers or strength brings victory in war; but whichever army goes into battle stronger in soul, their enemies generally cannot withstand them.Xenophon (430?-355? B.C.) In this chapter,…
The Skin of Employees Employees exist because they have a lot of [skin in the game](https://www.amazon.
The Shadow True, whoever looks into the mirror of the water will see first of all his own face. Whoever goes to himself risks a confrontation with himself.
Law 45: Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform Too Much at Once Change is necessary, but if you want to implement it, in must be gradual. If you change the status quo too quickly, people will revolt.
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