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Aha! Now we see where all those tweets were coming from. Links above to full list. HatTip to Dave Lull.

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A few Aphorisms





In science you need to
understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand
it.




I
wonder if a lion (or a cannibal) would pay a high premium for
free-range humans.




Writing
is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.  




You know you have influence when people
start noticing your absence more than the presence of others.

The differences between Goldman Sachs &
the mafia: GS has a better legal-regulatory expertise; but the mafia
understands public opinion.




Writers
are (always) remembered by their best books, politicians are (mostly)
remembered by their worst mistakes, businessmen are never remembered
for anything



If you want people to read a
book, tell them it is overrated.



In
nature we never repeat the same motion. In captivity (office, gym,
commute, sports), life is just repetitive stress injury. No
randomness.

Common minds find similarities in stories (& situations),
finer minds detect differences [Essay on the Universal & the
Particular] 

 


The 20th C was the bankruptcy of the social utopia. The 21st
will be that of the technological one. [From one Procrustean
bed to another.]


I trust those who earn their living lying on their back more
than those who do so sitting on a chair (hint: I read in bed…)