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.
