The reading collection
Psychology, geopolitics, philosophy—and everything in between.
373 readings · 289–300
The Center of Gravity Strategy Man depends on his throat to survive. If his throat is strangled, his give sense organs will become useless. When you are faced with an enemy, know how to locate their throat. Crush…
There is an idea, that since every person is unique, has never existed before, and will never exist again, that they are made up on a unique configuration of atoms, that they will have a life calling that is unique…
In Book 1, Taleb introduces an outline of his arguments. Hierarchies aren’t so bad Hierarchies are not inherently bad, they are only harmful when they result in bureaucracies that help people separate themselves from…
Learning Our senses have evolved to work together. Our vision influences hearing, for example – this suggests that we learn best if we stimulate several senses at the same time. One set of experiments were run by the…
A mentor is a shortcut to mastery.
The Blitzkrieg Strategy You must be slow in deliberation and swift in execution.Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) In 1218, Muhammad II, the shah of Khwarazm, received a delegation from the Mongol Empire to the east.
In his book “The Concept of Anxiety”, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard explores the nature of anxiety and how it relates to the human condition. Kierkegaard posits that anxiety is not simply a feeling or emotion,…
Almost 70 percent of Americans have reported having an ESP (Extra-Sensory Perception) experience in their lives. ESP means knowledge or perception without using any of the senses.
Control people’s perceptions of reality to control them. Hitler knew that the allies were deceptive, and he was alert to their covert tactics, but the Allies, in a masterclass of deception, managed to fool him.
Luther Martin Luther attacked the Catholic’s church by creating a law of morals against the pope. He criticized the lavish lifestyles of those who headed the church, and the extraordinary power they were given.
[I]N NOOKS ALL OVER THE EARTH SIT MEN WHO ARE WAITING, SCARCELY KNOWING IN WHAT WAY THEY ARE WAITING, MUCH LESS THAT THEY ARE WAITING IN VAIN.
When you read, you perceive parts of the text that aren’t there. You are hallucinating. Each of your eyes has a blind spot. If your vision was 100 percent accurate, you would see two black holes that would never go…