The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

Any system that is deprived of its natural volatility, with government up (unintelligible) volatile, any system becomes very fragile.

Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.

Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don’t do it. It does not mean that one reason is better than two, just that by invoking more than one reason you are trying to convince yourself to do something. Obvious decisions (robust to error) require no more than a single reason.

Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health.