No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I follow the Lindy effect as a guide in selecting what to read: books that have been around for ten years will be around for ten more; books that have been around for two millennia should be around for quite a bit of time, and so forth.

You can afford to be compassionate, lax, and courteous if, once in a while, when it is least expected of you, but completely justified, you sue someone, or savage an enemy, just to show that you can walk the walk.

In general, whatever your enemies accuse you of must apply to them.