

“Predicting what the world will look like fifty years from now is impossible. But predicting that people will still respond to greed, fear, opportunity, exploitation, risk, uncertainty, tribal affiliations, and social persuasion in the same way is a bet I’d take.”
― Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
― Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

“Having the basics—a good bed to sleep in, good relationships, good food, and good sex—is most important, and those things don’t get much better when you have a lot of money or much worse when you have less. And the people one meets at the top aren’t necessarily more special than those one meets at the bottom or in between.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work

“Most people don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth that distraction is always an unhealthy escape from reality.”
― Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
― Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

“People don’t remember books; they remember sentences.”
― Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
― Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

“Pain + Reflection = Progress”
― Principles: Summary
― Principles: Summary
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