Avaz

“Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance.”
― Shane Parrish, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts

“« You only think you know, as a matter of fact. And most of your actions are based on incomplete knowledge and you really don’t know what it is all about, or what the purpose of the world is, or know a great deal of other things. It is possible to live and not know.”
― Shane Parrish, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts

“Everything you see before you is the result of poverty. But how are things any better in the wealthy countries? They protect their own environments, but then shift the heavily polluting industries to the poorer nations.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

“The only way you’ll know the extent to which you understand reality is to put your ideas and understanding into action. If you don’t test your ideas against the real world—keep contact with the earth—how can you be sure you understand?”
― Shane Parrish, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts