When people say "I am investing for the long term", it means they are losing money. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The sucker problem is to think that those for whom you feel compassion would also feel compassion for those weaker and more afflicted than they are.

[T]he worst thing one can do to feel one knows things a bit deeper is to try to go into them a bit deeper.

HEURISTIC: In any profession, when someone becomes rich and/or famous and starts socializing or attending organized gatherings w/the rich & famous & members of the IAND*, you can start counting the time until the big blowup. * International Association of Name Droppers