Running commentary 9. It is quite a predicament to be both evil and risk averse. This basically explains 4chan 41. One of life's machinations is to make some

Running commentary 9. It is quite a predicament to be both evil and risk averse. This basically explains 4chan 41. One of life's machinations is to make some people both rich and unhappy, that is, jointly fragile and deprived of hope. 43. High Modernity: routine in place of physical effort, physical effort in place of mental expenditure, & mental expenditure in place of mental clarity. It's hard to get clarity out of someone who doesn't share your abstractions, it's hard to get effort out of someone who doesn't share your goals 47. Life is about execution rather than purpose. 52. Used skillfully, a compliment will be much more offensive than any disparagement. As a Canadian I know this, and I am tempted to learn Japanese because I think it will take me to the next level 63. The ultimate freedom lies in not having to explain "why" you did something. 69. Saying someone good at making profits but not good at managing risk is like saying someone is a great surgeon except for cases when the patients die. 75. The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it. I disagree, and I bet he wouldn't say this about a hedge fund 88. An economist is a mixture of 1) a businessman without common sense, 2) a physicist without brain, and 3) a speculator without balls. 110. If you detect a repressed smile on the salesperson's face, you paid too much for it. Competition: escalate if they're happy. Love: escalate if they're sad. 112. If powerful assholes don't find you "arrogant", it means you are doing something wrong. 125. In a conflict, the middle ground is least likely to be correct. A compromise between two sane solutions can easily produce an insane solution 129. Intellect without balls is like a racecar without tires. 163.Journalists reporting on journalism (such as the NYT intrigue) is an unconscious form of onanism. 187. For life to be really fun, what you fear should line up with what you desire. 191. In the days of Suetonius, 60% of prominent educators (grammarians) were slaves. Today the ratio is 97.1%, and growing.