$IRBT has sold more than 50 million robots that make everyday life easier and more convenient for people around the world. $AMZN announced in August 2022 that it was to acquire the company for $1.7 billion, or $61 per share. Due to regulatory meddling in the deal, and the

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academia has failed because of peer review peer review selects for consensus instead of truth. new findings get rejected by reviewers who built careers on the old model. replication crises happen because incentives reward publication instead of verification the system is

“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them”

It's incredible to think how all this detail was crafted with just hammers and chisels. The Basilica of Santa Croce, Italy

“Learn to order your science and not get pushed the tourist meal.”— Eric Weinstein

Soren Kierkegaard: We always grow more through defeats.

“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.” — Daniel Kahneman

"I have to understand the world, you see." -- R. Feynman

"Even the intelligent investor is likely to need considerable willpower to keep from following the crowd." — Benjamin Graham

We must reject the false dichotomy between self-interest and the common good. The highest form of selfishness—the relentless pursuit of one’s own creative vision—is precisely what propels society forward. ~Conjecture Institute Fellow Arjun Khemani

the highest signal trait in a person is the quality of their questions.

"Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?"

"A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies." ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”

"A secular priesthood isn't much better than a religious one." Naval

Deeply funny that the word "entrepreneur" is French.

“The greatest discovery of my generation is the fact that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” —William James

“The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.” — Milton Friedman

This was a nice Christmas gift: SEC chair talks about the importance of financial privacy, and how people who use privacy tools should not be treated with suspicion. He advocates that people shield their transactions from bulk surveillance in order to protect civil liberties.