Some marketing/framing savvy pple figured out that the most effective way to build a fascist movement is to call it: antifascist. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Most problems in the world are perpetuated by bureaucrats (ignorant of complex systems) with no "trying to help". Put the State Department on sabbatical & see how peace will organically erupt. Also the past was more peaceful than claimed.

As I got her to explain to other people her evidence about the lack of effectiveness of funding formal education, one person got frustrated with our skepticism. Wolf’s answer to him was “real education is this,” pointing at the room full of people chatting. Accordingly, I am not saying that knowledge is not important; the skepticism in this discussion applies to the brand of commoditized, prepackaged, and pink-coated knowledge, stuff one can buy in the open market and use for self-promotion.

My only measure of success is how much time you have to kill.