For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The cult of the youth (by the youth) results from an elementary logical fallacy. If 90% of successful innovations come from the young, less than 1/1000 of innovations by youth work. Statistically, youth correlates w/mediocrity, sloth, physical weakness, & lack of creativity.

I have organized my career and business in such a way as to... benefit... I am profiting from the rare event, with asymmetric bets.

good news is good news first; how good matters rather little. So to have a pleasant life you should spread these small “affects” across time as evenly as possible. Plenty of mildly good news is preferable to one single lump of great news.