"In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion.When war broke out between Spain and the United States, it was very necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the Insurgents. Garcia was somewhere in the mountain fastnesses of Cuba - no one … Continue reading A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard (1899)
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Rich Asshole Syndrome
"Christopher Ryan, author of Civilised to Death: The Price of Progress, says when people become wealthy, they tend to purchase “separation and isolation” (bigger houses, private travel and so on). This, he says, has the effect of reducing empathy. Those further down the pecking order do not have this option. According to a 2017 study … Continue reading Rich Asshole Syndrome
