Those who aren't in it for the money won't tell you that they aren't in it for the money. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Thursday Wisdom: "If someone's insults' bother you; it is evidence that you respect him."

There is something like a switch in us that kills the individual in favor of the collective when people engage in communal dances, mass riots, or war. Your mood is now that of the herd. You are part of what Elias Canetti calls the rhythmic and throbbing crowd

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.