More data means more information, but it also means more false information. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Avoid taking advice from someone who gives advice for a living, unless there is a penalty for their advice.

My grandfather, a politician, never failed an election. He had a way of talking to pple as if they had been friends for a long time.
I learned from him to do that systematically, particularly w/disfavored communities.
But I've never repressed my urge to irritate arrogant fucks.

You get pseudo-order when you seek order; you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.