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{{m}}{{t|Maxim}}s for a happy life. | {{m}}{{t|Maxim}}s for a happy life. | ||
[[Be skeptical]]. The internet has vouchsafed the ability | [[Be skeptical]]. The internet has vouchsafed the ability, to every man, woman and child, to publish whatever pops into their heads to the world. see? Look? ''I am doing it now''. There is no bullshit filter anymore. Assume everything you hear and read is nonsense until you have good reason to believe that contrary. The more ''recent'' it is, the more ''likely'' it is to be bullshit, since [[Evolution by natural selection|natural selection]] hasn’t had a chance to weed out the weaklings: valuable statements tend to better survive scrutiny. Not always, of course. | ||
:See: {{maxim|Disdain fashionable things. Especially ideas.}} | :See: {{maxim|Disdain fashionable things. Especially ideas.}} | ||
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[[Be a contrarian]]. But be prepared to stand in the cold. It’s lonely being a contrarian. If you challenge a popular, bad idea that happens to be liberal that doesn't make you a conservative, or vice versa. Be prepared to walk a lonely path: be wary of seeking shelter in the company of those who happen to be aligned against whoever you’re challenging. | [[Be a contrarian]]. But be prepared to stand in the cold. It’s lonely being a contrarian. If you challenge a popular, bad idea that happens to be liberal that doesn't make you a conservative, or vice versa. Be prepared to walk a lonely path: be wary of seeking shelter in the company of those who happen to be aligned against whoever you’re challenging. | ||
From the pages of the contrarian handbook. It's okay not to be joiner-inner. It's best not to be a joiner-inner. If you're from BlackRock and you didn't post an #iam message ... ''good for you.'' That took a ton more courage than posting one. | From the pages of the contrarian handbook. ''It's okay not to be joiner-inner''. It's ''best'' not to be a joiner-inner. If you're from BlackRock and you didn't post an #iam message ... ''good for you.'' That took a ton more courage than posting one. | ||
{{maxim|The glass is half full.}} Always. Whoever you are. Wherever you are. If you have time, resources and cognitive ability to be reading this, you’re one of the lucky ones. ''For Christ’s sake, buck up''. | {{maxim|The glass is half full.}} Always. Whoever you are. Wherever you are. If you have time, resources and cognitive ability to be reading this, you’re one of the lucky ones. ''For Christ’s sake, buck up''. | ||
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[[Coin metaphors]]. Be figurative. | [[Coin metaphors]]. Be figurative. | ||
[[Be on the first lift, not in the last bar]]. | [[Be on the first lift, not in the last bar]]. Ski chat. | ||
{{maxim|Disdain fashionable things. Especially ideas.}} | {{maxim|Disdain fashionable things. Especially ideas.}} | ||