formation of moral values in society doesn’t come from the evolution of the consensus. No, it is the most intolerant person who imposes virtue on oth… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

All rumors about a public figure are to be deemed untrue until he threatens to sue.

Note another element of Switzerland: it is perhaps the most successful country in history, yet it has traditionally had a very low level of university education compared to the rest of the rich nations. Its system, even in banking during my days, was based on apprenticeship models, nearly vocational rather than the theoretical ones. In other words, on techne (crafts and know how), not episteme (book knowledge, know what).

What they call “play” (gym, travel, sports) looks like work.