"Every dollar made by a former politician or civil servant thanks to the fame and connections imparted by the office belongs to the taxpayer. " PRINC… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I wonder how many people would seek excessive wealth if it did not carry a measure of status with it.

The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today’s employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.

our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according our current knowledge) — and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated.