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157/1335pgs

“talent is easy to ascertain, with subjective opinion playing a relatively small part. The inequity comes when someone perceived as being marginally better gets the whole pie.”

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absolutely.

137/1335 pgs

“The answer was looking straight at me: it was a psychological, perhaps even biological, blindness; the problem lay not in the nature of events, but in the way we perceived them.”

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i have mixed thoughts about this book so far

118/1335 pgs

“having seen both, I was struck that financial distress could be more demoralizing than war (just consider that financial problems and the accompanying humiliations can lead to suicide, but war doesn’t appear to do so directly).”

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huh

109/1335pgs

so dystopian to read about war from someone who is associated with PEP

The fascinating pros and cons of a knowledge-based economy

98/1335pg

“or the days when playboys smoked, drank, and, instead of going to the gym, cultivated relationships with good tailors.”

“the studious examination of the past in the greatest of detail does not teach you much about the mind of History; it only gives you the illusion of understanding it.”

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the duality lol

He’s the man
Can see how he rubs people the wrong way hahah. Need to mind that I don’t pic up the same habits

76/1335 pages

“Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know”

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made me feel less bad about my tbr piles lol

64/1135pg

“We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent.”

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yk what, hell yeah.

edgar allan poe & a martyr.

“What you know cannot really hurt you.”

“Isn’t it strange to see an event happening precisely because it was not supposed to happen? What kind of defense do we have against that?”

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love it when a book has slight psychological innuendos

“Look into your own personal life, to your choice of profession, say, or meeting your mate, your exile from your country of origin, the betrayals you faced, your sudden enrichment or impoverishment. How often did these things occur according to plan?”

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someone recommended me this one, so far so good. nothing like a quick non fic refresher

Capitolo 8

Quite insightful to this point. Inciting some quite uncomfortable self-reflection.

10

ألف يوم و يوم

Hard

Pirmā pasaules kara laikā cilvēki nedomāja, ka tas būs pasaules karš. Autors atsaucas uz vēsturnieku Niall Ferguson, kurš aplūkoja obligāciju cenas, kuras palika gandrīz nemainīgas. Tās krītas, ja tiek gaidīts karš. Tas nozīmē, ka karu neviens negaidīja. Interesanta zemsvītras piezīme un arguments.

Point 1. Des concepts intéressants, parfois brillants, mais affaiblis par des contradictions fréquentes.

Point 2. Un fourre-tout pseudo-intellectuel qui survole et écorche des concepts philosophiques complexes, donnant parfois l’impression d’une dissertation de philo d’un élève de terminale S brillant en maths et désireux de faire son intéressant.

Great!

Reads horribly. Authors consistently overcomplicates ideas that could’ve been a few sentences.

طغيان

طغيان الحدث

سياحة داخل و هدانستان

why am i still reading this i stg

The author is insufferably full of himself. I guess this book is beneficial to read but this guy seems like he would be awful to interact with in real life.

قدوم المعيارية

به اشکال مختلف به این موضوع پرداخته که قوهای سیاه گرچه به صورت غیرمنتظره ظاهر میشن ولی برای کسانی که دانش زیادی راجب موضوعی که درش قوی سیاه ظاهر شده دارن کاملا قابل پیش بینه! با این حال طالب نشون میده که سوگیری ها و خطاهای مختلف ما جلوی پیشبینی خطر و قوی سیاه رو میگیره و مثال های متعددی توی حوزه های مختلف برای این موضوع میزنه.

L'intro était longue. J'espère apprendre quelque-chose d'utile.

يا دفتر يومياتي العزيز