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Monthly Archives: June 2014

There are two myths that prevail in academic circles…

There are two myths that prevail in academic circles (hence the general zeitgeist) because of mental contagion and confirmatory effects (simply from the way researchers look at data and the way it is disseminated): 1) That people are overly concerned by hierarchy (and pecking order), and that hierarchy plays a real role in life, a […]

XII 117. For an honest man, freedom requires… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

XII 117. For an honest man, freedom requires having no friends; and, one step above, sainthood requires having no family. via XII 117. For an honest man, freedom requires… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

You may eventually forgive and befriend someone who harmed you…

You may eventually forgive and befriend someone who harmed you, never someone who bored you. via You may eventually forgive and befriend someone… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Tourism slowly corrupts cities and places…

Tourism slowly corrupts cities and places, within a generation or so. via Tourism slowly corrupts cities and places,… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Some confusion about the silver rule as I presented it two days ago…

Some confusion about the silver rule as I presented it two days ago, to an extremely active and rich debate (if it is troll free it is because trolls and “uninformed” commentators are vanishing from this page thanks to systematic zapping). The Silver Rule Under Uncertainty requires *skin-in-the game*, so “you can only expose others […]