We are the first society in which being an elder is not indicative of superior fitness. We are also one of the very few societies in which being an e… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

People should only teach what they have learned organically, through experience and curiosity... or get another job.

The only definition of rationality that I’ve found that is practically, empirically, and mathematically rigorous is the following: what is rational is that which allows for survival. Unlike modern theories by psychosophasters, it maps to the classical way of thinking. Anything that hinders one’s survival at an individual, collective, tribal, or general level is, to me, irrational.

Engineers can compute but not define, mathematicians can define but not compute, economists can neither define nor compute.