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Charming facts about Napoleon
Before a great battle he slept in a chair with one foot on a table He read Goethe, wrote love letters, short stories, and collected whole countries’ masterpieces into a museum he built to store them (now called the Louvre)
Charming facts about Napoleon
Before a great battle he slept in a chair with one foot on a table He read Goethe, wrote love letters, short stories, and collected whole countries’ masterpieces into a museum he built to store them (now called the Louvre)
Being wrong, hoping to be right
Over the last 2 years I started wearing a Grave Dancer sweatshirt and predicting the end of good times by September 2018. Wrong so far. The Dow hit a high last September, but it looks like it will hit the
Being wrong, hoping to be right
Over the last 2 years I started wearing a Grave Dancer sweatshirt and predicting the end of good times by September 2018. Wrong so far. The Dow hit a high last September, but it looks like it will hit the
Tl;dr: The Invention of Creativity
Creativity is a new idea. Hasn’t been around long. Maybe it’s a fad. Here’s the book by Reckwitz, that I am very surprised seems not to have been written before. A different book has been written before — the one
Tl;dr: The Invention of Creativity
Creativity is a new idea. Hasn’t been around long. Maybe it’s a fad. Here’s the book by Reckwitz, that I am very surprised seems not to have been written before. A different book has been written before — the one
Tl;dr: The Geography of Thought
The Geography of Thought is by Richard Nisbett. Nisbett is a legend of cognitive science and psychology. I think I cited him ten different ways in my dissertation back in the day. A popular recent book he wrote is “What
Tl;dr: The Geography of Thought
The Geography of Thought is by Richard Nisbett. Nisbett is a legend of cognitive science and psychology. I think I cited him ten different ways in my dissertation back in the day. A popular recent book he wrote is “What
Tl;dr: The Powers of Two by Shenk
I had a mentorish advisor once to whom I brought a tough problem. My cofounder was not going to make it to the next level — the company had to change a ton and this person was becoming an obstacle.
Tl;dr: The Powers of Two by Shenk
I had a mentorish advisor once to whom I brought a tough problem. My cofounder was not going to make it to the next level — the company had to change a ton and this person was becoming an obstacle.
Tl;dr: the Hypomanic Edge
Apparently founders resemble the hypomanic type. This is the textbook type:
Tl;dr: the Hypomanic Edge
Apparently founders resemble the hypomanic type. This is the textbook type:
Tl;dr: David Mamet’s “Writing in Restaurants”
The legendary playwright and dialogue master tells us about writing plays. Perhaps advice books is not his forte. I found one useful observation: the play is a quest for a solution. Many artists, writers, comedians, and of course scientists share
Tl;dr: David Mamet’s “Writing in Restaurants”
The legendary playwright and dialogue master tells us about writing plays. Perhaps advice books is not his forte. I found one useful observation: the play is a quest for a solution. Many artists, writers, comedians, and of course scientists share
Clausewitz on information, a worthy selection
Clausewitz on Information BOOK 1 • CHAPTER 6 Information in War BY the word “Information,” we denote all the knowledge which we have of the enemy and his country; therefore, in fact, the foundation of all our ideas and actions. Let
Clausewitz on information, a worthy selection
Clausewitz on Information BOOK 1 • CHAPTER 6 Information in War BY the word “Information,” we denote all the knowledge which we have of the enemy and his country; therefore, in fact, the foundation of all our ideas and actions. Let
While you are reading the stoics…
Consider also: Epicurus, Lucretius, Machiavelli, Mill means-end and utilitarianism. Aristotle, Kant, virtue and deontology as distinguished from the Stoics and do enjoy the stoics (basically Romans influenced by the Greek rule-follower types) like Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. You could also
While you are reading the stoics…
Consider also: Epicurus, Lucretius, Machiavelli, Mill means-end and utilitarianism. Aristotle, Kant, virtue and deontology as distinguished from the Stoics and do enjoy the stoics (basically Romans influenced by the Greek rule-follower types) like Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. You could also
Great verses on sleep
Shakespeare v Nas It is about suicide. So yeah sleep is death. Nas by contrast offers a steelier view of being awake: Hamlet would have difficulty convincing me his situation is more grim than Nas above. But Nas rocks his
Great verses on sleep
Shakespeare v Nas It is about suicide. So yeah sleep is death. Nas by contrast offers a steelier view of being awake: Hamlet would have difficulty convincing me his situation is more grim than Nas above. But Nas rocks his
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