A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.

We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent. We humans are not just a superficial race - we are a very unfair one.

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But an elephant can break a leg very easily, whereas you can toss a mouse out of a window and it'll be fine. Size makes you fragile.