The Bed Of Procrustes - Book Three (REVISED)
The Incerto Podcast
On the Bureaucracy
The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbs and a monthly salary. Karl Marx figured out you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee. The only problem with the last laugh is that the winner has to laugh alone. A verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence. Don't talk about progress in terms of longevity before comparing zoo animals to those in the wilderness. If you get easily bored, it means that your BS detector is functioning properly. And then finally, the absolute best aphorism from Nissim Taleb: "It's us versus the algorithm"
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