For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of typewriters, and lets them clap away, there is a certainty that one of them will come out with an exact version of the 'Iliad.'

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

Don't aim to be perfect! Aim to be antifragile

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.