Trove - November 8, 2022
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Hi everyone,
Here’s your weekly trove of recommendations. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward this along to friends.
This article on obsession and sticking with things by Ava
Highlights from Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Taleb
Alfonso X of Spain, nicknamed El Sabio, “the wise,” had as a maxim: Burn old logs. Drink old wine. Read old books. Keep old friends.
If your private life conflicts with your intellectual opinion, it cancels your intellectual ideas, not your private life.
Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.
The more robust Silver Rule says Do not treat others the way you would not like them to treat you. More robust? How? Why is the Silver Rule more robust? First, it tells you to mind your own business and not decide what is “good” for others. We know with much more clarity what is bad than what is good. The Silver Rule can be seen as the Negative Golden Rule, and as I am shown by my Calabrese (and Calabrese-speaking) barber every three weeks, via negativa (acting by removing) is more powerful and less error-prone than via positiva (acting by addition)
Learning about my favorite Japanese pattern: Seigaiha
Thanks for reading Trove. See you next week!
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-Tobin