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*[[This time is different|This time ''isn’t'' different]]. The laws of physics, finance and economics still apply. Even with [[blockchain]]. Just as they did in the dot com boom and the global financial crisis. | *[[This time is different|This time ''isn’t'' different]]. The laws of physics, finance and economics still apply. Even with [[blockchain]]. Just as they did in the dot com boom and the global financial crisis. | ||
*[[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.}} | *[[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.}} | ||
*The ''Dead | *[[The Dead Poets’ Society|The ''Dead Poets’ Society'']] Rule: [[There’s no machine for judging poetry]]. | ||
*[[It’s okay to generalise]], but ''[[beware of shorthand]]'': Experts use [[heuristics]] to exploit knowledge they gave already acquired. Charlatans use heuristics ''instead'' of it. See: {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed}} | *[[It’s okay to generalise]], but ''[[beware of shorthand]]'': Experts use [[heuristics]] to exploit knowledge they gave already acquired. Charlatans use heuristics ''instead'' of it. See: {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed}} | ||
*[[Talk is cheap]]: Judge people by what they do, not what they say. | *[[Talk is cheap]]: Judge people by what they do, not what they say. | ||
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*[[Don’t join in]]. 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 the guy from BlackRock who ''didn’t'' post an #iam message ... ''good for you.'' That took a ton more courage. | *[[Don’t join in]]. 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 the guy from BlackRock who ''didn’t'' post an #iam message ... ''good for you.'' That took a ton more courage. | ||
*{{maxim|Disdain fashionable things. Especially ideas.}} | *{{maxim|Disdain fashionable things. Especially ideas.}} | ||
===Harden up=== | ===Harden up=== | ||
*{{maxim|The glass is half full.}} ''Always''. Whoever you are. Wherever you are. If you have the | *{{maxim|The glass is half full.}} ''Always''. Whoever you are. Wherever you are. If you have the time, resources and cognitive ability to read ''this'' diatribe, you’re one of the lucky ones. ''For Christ’s sake, buck up''. | ||
*{{maxim|Don’t be a victim}}. ''Own'' your predicament, don’t whine about it. Be predator, not prey. See also : [[don’t talk your own book]]. | *{{maxim|Don’t be a victim}}. ''Own'' your predicament, don’t whine about it. Be predator, not prey. See also : [[don’t talk your own book]]. | ||
*If you’re a man, [[be masculine]]. Don’t apologise for who you are. | *If you’re a man, [[be masculine]]. Don’t apologise for who you are. | ||