The bore is the tyrant of private life.
Jun 032015
Jun 022015
Fortune does not favor the bold; it only encounters them more often.
Jun 012015
Men sometimes stumble into vast fortunes, despite manifest incompetence, bad character, and borderline imbecility. Never give up.
May 292015
Machinery does mostly good as reality and mostly harm as metaphor.
May 282015
An aphorism requires assembly without instructions.
May 272015
Expert judgment is two parts inconsistency and one part bad memory.
May 262015
There can be no tyranny without opacity.
May 252015
Guilty pleasure: Something you are afraid your inferiors might like.
May 222015
Everything is analogous to software.
May 212015
Remember kids, stay in school — unless you have a particular talent, in which case you’re just wasting your time.