The sword of Damocles represents the side effect of power and success: you cannot rise and rule without facing this continuous danger—someone out there will be actively working to topple you.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
We know more than we think we do, a lot more than we can articulate.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
Humans somehow fail to recognize situations outside the contexts in which they usually learn about them.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
The same doctor might recommend exercise so you “get tougher,” and a few minutes later write a prescription for antibiotics in response to a trivial infection so you “don’t get sick.”
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
How do you innovate? First, try to get in trouble. I mean serious, but not terminal, trouble.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
The excess energy released from overreaction to setbacks is what innovates!
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
The record shows that, for society, the richer we become, the harder it gets to live within our means. Abundance is harder for us to handle than scarcity.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens—usually.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
Information is antifragile; it feeds more on attempts to harm it than it does on efforts to promote it.
Anna Osipovaцитирует2 года назад
I never hear anything wrong said about you. You have proven yourself incapable of generating envy.