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The audacity of it all

In books, philosophy on 28 June 2009 with no comments

There are times when you wonder. How can you ever truly understand? How is one to grasp the truth behind all the appearances? As Nassim Taleb puts it, “the world is opaque and appearances fool us”. People lie all the time. Even scientists do it. The Economist recently concluded an article about the (dis-) honesty [...]

How to give back?

In books, philosophy on 24 May 2009 with no comments

Focus and attention are invaluable and increasingly get lost in an ever-growing amount of news and reporting to digest and information to acknowledge. The more I read, the more I yearn for more actionable thoughts and less consuming. I feel like I do not give enough of what I know (by having read and experienced; [...]