The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.

The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare.

Ideas come and go, stories stay.

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur