Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges oth… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

George Santayana: A man is morally free when … he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

Different people rarely mean the same thing by religion. Nor do they realise it. For early Jews & Muslims, religion was law. 'Deen' is law in Hebrew, religion in Arabic.

Without skin in the game: Smart drug dealers become pharmacopsychiatrists; smart astrologists become economists; smart serial killers write for the Wash Post; smart bullshitters become "experimental" psychologists; and smart bankrobbers become bankers.

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