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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Not only, against neophilia, it is the oldest and most archaic practices, habits, and methods that -conditional on having survived – should last the longest; but the most unexplainable and irrational ones will do best. The more unexplainable, the more robust. The irrational is indestructible. [All comments that do not get the "conditional on having survived" will be deleted. Hint: robustness and Lindy effects.]

Not only, against neophilia, it is the oldest and most archaic practices, habits, and methods that -conditional on having survived – should last the longest; but the most unexplainable and irrational ones will do best. The more unexplainable, the more…

Three categories of people: those who live hand to mouth; those who worry about something other than the next meal; and those who do not understand the difference.

Three categories of people: those who live hand to mouth; those who worry about something other than the next meal; and those who do not understand the difference.

The most interesting and rewarding actions are the ones with the smallest amount of justification.

The most interesting and rewarding actions are the ones with the smallest amount of justification.

Manual laborers seem happier with a ham and cheese baguette than businessmen with a Michelin 3 star meal.

Manual laborers seem happier with a ham and cheese baguette than businessmen with a Michelin 3 star meal.

The point is that people would have a nice hidden garden even if nobody visited it (a riad a closed, cloistered garden, like DSK's); but would they drive a very expensive sportscar in NYC if nobody watched them? (it is beyond Veblen, status, etc., but about modernistic v/s natural objects)

The point is that people would have a nice hidden garden even if nobody visited it (a riad a closed, cloistered garden, like DSK’s); but would they drive a very expensive sportscar in NYC if nobody watched them? (it is beyond Veblen, status, etc., but …