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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…
Ancient Cynicism vs. Modern cynicism. – The two are different, thus when referring to ancient Cynicism, scholars would capitalize a capital “C”. A modern cynic is generally an individual who thinks pessimistically about human beings and existence in general. Life for the modern cynic would be better if it never happened at all. An ancient…
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…
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit…
Fools learn from experience, I prefer to learn from the experience of others. Only a fool learns from his own mistakes, The Wise man learns from the mistakes of others. When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good…
I Don’t like lawyers. I think all they do is delay deals, instead of making deals, and every answer they give you is no a letter from George Peacock, who ended by saying, “As with most things in life, time calls for change and it is best to accept that fact. Nevertheless, I shall always…
Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless. Intelligent, rational and hard-working people can govern themselves perfectly fine. But unfortunately, only a small amount of the world population fits that description. Intelligent, rational and hard-working people can be reasoned with through arguments.…
Convened at last, and in such continental company, England, France, Spain,.. Citizens of sad and corrupt empires, but you are XXX now, the secret and true litigators of the world. Please hold out your Hands and Mark the reminder of our purpose. To guide all wayward souls till they reach a quite road, to guide…
The only thing we learn from history,’ it has been said, ‘is that men never learn from history’, a sweeping generalization perhaps, but one which the chaos in the world today goes far to confirm. What then can be the reason why, in a society which claims to probe every problem, the bases of history are…
belongs to a particular genre of legal fiction called ‘limited liability companies’. The global trade network of today is based on our trust in such fictional entities as the dollar, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the totemic trademarks of corporations. Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before…
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