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He was a product of the upcountry of South Carolina, the Bible Belt, sand-lot baseball, knife fights under the bleachers. His pride in his doctorate was almost religious. It was the badge that told the world that he was no longer a common
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“It is no secret that large corporations prefer people with families; those with downside risk are easier to own, particularly when they are choking under a large mortgage.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“Alexander said that it was preferable to have an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.”
― Pegasus Descending
― Pegasus Descending
“Don’t tell me what you think, tell me what you have in your portfolio.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“The business of philosophy is to teach man to live in uncertainty... not to reassure him, but to upset him.”
― All Things are Possible
― All Things are Possible
Doug’s 2025 Year in Books
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