Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

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

Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside.

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.

Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

Banks have never made money in the history of banking, losing the equivalent of all their past profits periodically - while bankers strike it rich.