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You have to be very careful about which dogmas you accept, because most of mankind's problems come from people accepting dogmas without examining them carefully enough. The antidote to dogma is not other dogma — it's thinking.

— Charlie Munger, USC Law School Commencement Address (2007)
2w ago

The difference between a wise decision and a foolish one is often not apparent until years later. What matters is the quality of your thinking at the time, not whether you got lucky.

5mo ago

The primary cause of failure in leadership is that men do not think enough. They trust to their memories and their passions, and act from them, when they ought to consult their understandings.

5mo ago
3quarksdaily.com
Against The Concept Of Telescopic Altruism

Okay, so the lib is angry about the Israeli military killing 50,000 people in Gaza. Do you think she would be angry if the Israeli military killed 50,000 of her neighbors? Probably yes? Then what's the problem?

6mo ago
noahpinion.blog
AI has the worst sales pitch I've ever seen

Why on Earth would you make something that you thought had a 25% chance of wiping out your entire species? Or even a 5% chance? I don't know about you, but to me that sounds like a pretty stupid thing to do!

6mo ago

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in all those thoughts. We think too much and feel too little. We have lost our minds and forgotten our hearts.

6mo ago
3quarksdaily.com
Your Fellow Americans: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know

Human behavior can never be made entirely rational, because the drive for freedom resists all systems. As Jack Nicholson says in Easy Rider, "Don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are."

6mo ago

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