Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.
The government-sponsored institution Fannie Mae, when I look at its risks, seems to be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, vulnerable to the slightest hiccup. But not to worry: their large staff of scientists deemed these events "unlikely."
The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.
I want to live happily in a world I don’t understand.
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.
Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.