SKIN IN THE GAME AND TRAFFIC – I was driving on a highway (rare) when it hit me that the system is mega-mega-fragile, the smallest distraction on the part of a single person can cause a cascade of fatalities. But such accidents are (relatively) rare. The system mainly works because everyone involved has skin in the game. Literally, everyone. The risk mitigator is people’s exposure.

I do not want drones on the road.

Note 1- There are large trucks on the highways, and large vehicles in which the driver could cause harm than he could receive; as in a pecking order the smaller vehicles tend to give way. I was driving a small mini and got no respect from large vehicles.

Note 2- I recall seing, during the Lebanese war, Syrian tanks in Beirut systematically trampling over parked cars, not even bothering to pay attention to what was on the road — the drivers in the tanks were shielded from physical and legal harm.

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In my Fat Tony days what was *not* mentioned about someone was the principal designator. The expression “he’s a nice guy” or “vehhhhhry, vehry nice guy” meant “he’s an idiot (but nice)”; “he’s an idiot” meant “he’s an idiot (but not nice)”. As to “He is arrogant”, it meant that “he is smart” *and* the speaker is envious; “he’s a smart guy” meant “he’s smart but the speaker is not envious”.

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A heuristic measure of virtue is the difference between the strength of one’s memory for benefits received and that for benefits given. For unless one makes an effort, the memories for the former are much less sticky than memories of the latter.

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