Zuihitsu, 2025-10

Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file.

  • You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.—Warren Buffett
  • When the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right.—Jeff Bezos
  • It’s not cynicism; it’s anthropology.
  • Context shapes competence.
  • Instability requires bilateral participation.
  • Every virtue has a shadow.
  • Sadness is nothing but worn out joy.
  • Honesty is a structural precondition for reality alignment.
  • The good person is the one who maintains enough integrity to keep showing up authentically.
  • Evolution is reenforcement learning for species.
  • There is a high cost to low discernment.