Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.

Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader who's also a belly dancer will do a lot better than a trader who winds up driving a taxi.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.

I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.