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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Insecure and weak pursuits try to derive strength from ornaments, decorations, p…

Insecure and weak pursuits try to derive strength from ornaments, decorations, prizes (Pulitzer, Booker, Nobel), awards (“best student paper” in 2014), titles, long resumes, and select memberships in academies. But animals, the public, and history dete…

When someone, without being asked, expounds on why he "took the decision" to lea…

When someone, without being asked, expounds on why he “took the decision” to leave a certain job, you know he did not himself “take the decision” to leave that job.

What will survive: things that don't make sense yet have been around for a very…

What will survive: things that don’t make sense yet have been around for a very very long time.

My approach to writing in previous books has been as follows —but it took me a l…

My approach to writing in previous books has been as follows —but it took me a long time to realize it. Let the reader know on every page where he is located and how the current discussion stands in relation to the entire book —by continuously summ…

The definition of an academic is someone whose brain is designed to mistake the…

The definition of an academic is someone whose brain is designed to mistake the statement “everything has a reason” for “everything has an *accessible* reason”.