The difference between true life and modern life equals the one between a conversation and bilateral recitations. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

To explain LOCALISM: On August 6, 1806, the Holy Roman Empire was abolished. Goethe noted that day that the people staying in the same inn as him were far more interested in the quarrel between their coachman and the innkeeper than in its demise.

We didn't break the mafia by reasoning w/its members. Remember: you'll never break special intrsts, lobbies, journalistic monoculturists & academic rent seekers by convincing them, but by exposing them, working on their customers. Accountability, put Skin in their game.

If you need to listen to music while walking, don’t walk; and please don’t listen to music.