The Black Swan Report

(cont)IN CHAPTER 5, Why to stay out of the recognition game: There is another dimension to the need to focus on actions and avoid words: the health-eroding dependence on external recognition. People are cruel and unfair in the way they devolve recognition, so it is best to stay out of that game. Stay robust to [...]

My PRINCIPLES 1 skin in the game 2 anti-interventionism by Fragilistas, 3 anti-militarism, 4 Decentralization size effects, 5 Avoiding bureaucrats and empty suits having too much power over citizens, 6 anti-deficits coming from bureaucrats, 7 some SCRUTINY of the Fed and its ability to play with money for the benefit of bankers, 8 Liberty.IN SHORT: [...]

The greatest & least visible cost of civilization is the need to make an effort for bodily and mental exercise (and call it “work”), compared to the effortless life under natural stimuli (both physical and mental). via The greatest &… | Facebook.

There is a certain class of people for whom life is some kind of a job, with performance, etc. I feel dead for up to five hours after talking to one of them.(Modernity) via There is a certain… | Facebook.

It is a big myth that gladiators were forced into it. Most were volunteers who wanted the chance of becoming heroes by risking their lives, or, when failing, show off in front of the largest crowd in the world how they were able to die honorably, without cowering. And spectators did not care for nonvolunteers [...]