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Only Read the Fine Quotes #11

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.
— Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode “Peak Performance”…

Only Read the Fine Quotes #10

In the process of trying to attain a few moments of bliss, I experience something else: patience and humility, definitely, but also freedom. Freedom to pursue the futile. And the freedom to suck without caring is revelatory.
— Karen Rinaldi…

Popularity Begets Popularity

Sometimes, things are popular because they’re popular. Go figure.

That Hit Song You Love Was a Total Fluke
It’s virtually impossible to predict which high-quality product will become a blockbuster.

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Only Read the Fine Quotes #8

Very smart people tend to be weird since they insist on thinking everything through for themselves.
— Naval Ravikant

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Only Read the Fine Quotes #6

If you crush a cockroach, you’re a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you’re a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria.
— Friedrich Nietzsche

For the record, I’m not sure I completely agree. Generally, right is right and wrong is …

Only Read the Fine Quotes #4

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt…

Wishful Significance: Common Ways We Get Things Wrong

This is a great summary of a few reasons why people make mistakes when assessing the significance of new information. I find the bits about “non-sentient messengers” especially timely.

Wishful Significance: II
When we’re beset by seemingly unresolvable problems, we
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Only Read the Fine Quotes #3

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. —George Bernard Shaw…

Beware the Spotlight Effect

Good news: no one is actually paying close attention to you.

I know that sounds cynical but it can save you a lot of stress. Why worry about things no one is going to notice?

The Spotlight Effect
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Understand Risk vs Uncertainty

The distinction between risk and uncertainty is one of those things you’ve probably never thought about but that can help you understand the world more effectively once you’re aware of it. A subtle but powerful idea.

Risk and Uncertainty
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