The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.

I want them poor and they deserve to be poor. You can't have capitalism without punishment.

The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference

The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.

I'd rather have the market tell us what - I'd rather have events precipitate events, rather than just sit there like passive people in Washington.

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.