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.

I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens-usually .

What I learned on my own I still remember

The opposite of manliness isn't cowardice; it's technology.

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.