non-linear effects and negative convexity can be described and explained using different methods. Depending on the method used, a different level of understanding is attained.
rambler
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life in Mediocristan is quite enjoyable. It reminds me of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria. The ocean is nearby, and the climate is pleasant. Never too cold, never too hot.
more data--such as paying attention to the eye colors of the people around when crossing the street--can make you miss the big truck.
so be it resolved, that I will not, in the entirety of year 2025, buy shit unless such shit has one of the following three characteristics.
after watching this mesmerizing speech and reading the YouTube comments, I have the sensation that I have missed something important.
since you can't help yourself, then let's use the word "virtue" for the disciplined application of your method, and the word "fortune" for the outcome of your "investments."
for what would so soon destroy all the order of society, and deform life with violence and ravage, as a permission to every one to judge his own cause...
the ambition of petty accomplishments, in which we believe we’re advancing, but a wiser perspective offers the opposite diagnosis.