nature optimizes for the whole, not for the individual, but most people judge good and bad based only on how it affects them. - Ray Dalio

Making a handful of good uncorrelated bets that are balanced and leveraged well is the surest way of having a lot of upside without being exposed to unacceptable downside.

Evolution is the single greatest force in the universe; it is the only thing that is permanent and it drives everything.

first principle: • Think for yourself to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true, and 3) what you should do to achieve #1 in light of #2 . . . . . . and do that with humility and open-mindedness so that you consider the best thinking available to you.