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This is a living archive of my thoughts, experiences, and hard-earned insights, drawn from an unusual life. Here you’ll find reflections on the food I’ve eaten, the things I’ve bought, the people I’ve encountered, the places I’ve seen, the books I’ve read, the quotes I’ve kept, and the trends I’ve spotted and capitalized on.
I write this for you, my children, those already here and those yet to come. Daddy loves you more than words can hold. I want each of you to live lives you’re proud of. This is my thinking, in my own voice, left here for you to explore. I hope one day it proves useful.
If, by some unlikely chance, I’m gone before I can guide you in person, let this stand as a poor substitute. But in the more likely case that I’m still here, let this serve as an intellectual archive, a record that I held these convictions long before you were born. May that give weight to my words, and credibility to the wisdom I hope to pass on to you.
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In our daily lives, we often adhere to basic safety guidelines to mitigate avoidable risks. We avoid smoking, abstain from drunk driving, wear helmets while riding bikes, and secure seatbelts when we’re in vehicles. These guidelines, when religiously followed, can help us eschew preventable causes of death, thereby extending our lifespans. However, humans seldom calculate…
You’ll only see your parents a few more times. Remember: It’s later than you think. Most people don’t care about you. This is liberating. Most of your friends are not your friends. They’re just along for the ride when it’s profitable, fun, or convenient. Focus on family, and depth within a closed-knit circle rather than a…
I value my integrity.’ The abbess smiled. ‘Which is why it has a price.’ Money doesn’t matter when you’re bleeding. I know plenty. I’ve seen plenty. More than you can see from up here in your nice warm convent, paid for by all the people working down there in the city and out in the…
No amount of money that I am going to give to charity will atone for the ass fucking I’m going to give you in this business. If we had come together in some other way I feel certain that we might have been something akin to friends. But that can never happen now. Despite the…
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After every winter comes the spring, and every death is accompanied by the promise for more life. With his dying breath, Admiral Mitu Roso tried to save the children of Kiri Valley from wolves. On the night of the Lyucu assault, Souliyan Aragoz and Nméji Gon chose to buy more time for us with their own…
Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself. If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the…
She had not known that she was cold until she was no longer cold. Change was what made knowledge possible. A lie became the truth when enough people had reasons to pretend it was true. So much of learning, decided Théra, consisted of forgetting how much you already knew. The world is infinite, but the…
It was quite the shocking disappointment. Like popping some delightful sweetmeat into one’s mouth and, upon chewing, discovering it was actually a piece of shit. But that was the experience of being a monarch. One shocking mouthful of shit after another. Absolutes are never to be trustedFaith must be shaken from time to time, or…
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