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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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Using violence/and or coercion to advance social change usually backfires. It is like trying to fast grow a rose by yanking on it. Rather than letting the patience of sun and water do the job for you. The true progress of mankind is multi-generational and involves the gentle and peaceful parenting of children. “We scarcely…
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…
How could a man whose business has been concealment find it impossible to hide his emotions in this room? But Glokta knew how. It’s hard to stay calm when you’re terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all. Who could know that better than me? The old order crumbles. Loyalty,…
Somali children must memorize their lineage: this is more important than almost anything. Whenever a Somali meets a stranger, they ask each other, “Who are you?” They trace back their separate ancestries until they find a common forefather. If they were ever captured they were to say, three times, “Allah be my witness, I want…
I had an impression that she was waiting for me to say something in reply, but words had abandoned me. Instead, my thoughts were engaged in a struggle to maintain a facial expression what would not appear idiotic. She listened to me speak with a series of smiles, as though she were sipping at my…
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…
“Atheism: The acceptance of the non-existence of imaginary entities such as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and Bronze Age sky ghosts.” A thinker cannot logically differentiate the nonexistence of a deity from the nonexistence of any other thing which does not exist. Principles by definition apply in general, rather than in particular, just as a…
The hardships in our lives, the traumas, increased out fulfillment by setting up contrasts that illuminated more clearly our everyday joys; or perhaps I viewed them instead as test that make us stronger by teaching us to endure; or did I believe, rather, that they simply amplified what we already were, in the end making…
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