Another definition of modernity: conversations can be more and more completely reconstructed with clips from other conversations taking place at the same time on the planet.

He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once.

We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.

When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing

Is the economy something organic or is it something engineered? I think it's closer to the organic. You harm it by artificially suppressing volatility in it.

If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.