Showing posts with label Machiavelli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Machiavelli. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 06, 2025
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Farnam Street Knowledge
Machiavelli and the Four Princes of Pragmatism.
You have to both see and accept the world for how it really is.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Farnam Street Knowledge
Machiavelli and the Four Princes of Pragmatism.
You have to both see and accept the world for how it really is.
Monday, August 01, 2022
Monday, February 28, 2022
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom." - James Clear
"Men desire novelty to such an extent that those who are doing well wish for change as much as those who are doing badly." - Machiavelli
"Sustaining an effort is the most important thing for any enterprise. The way to be successful is to learn how to do things right, then do them the same way every time." - Pat Riley
"Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name 'social justice.'" - Thomas Sowell
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Sunday, August 08, 2021
Friday, August 06, 2021
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Wonder if a company like Aflac came out with an insurance policy against vaccine related negative side effects if that could work as an employer provided inducement for a company to reach 100% vaccination levels? On the flip side - if the insurance actuaries at Aflac say the risks of such policies are too great then what would that say about why the FDA hasn't approved the vaccines yet?... Love this quote from Machiavelli on the power of a good library or book... Does anyone remember last August when Stugis went ahead with Bike Week amid all the predictions of doom and despite over 500,000 people attending there was no super spreader event? The media tried to create one out of whole cloth but I believe there were only about 70 COVID cases and no deaths... Once you see it... Just a reminder - there is no vaccine for stupidity...
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