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Starting a collection

July 28, 2020 neilhackerLeave a comment

Some people collect key rings, others baseball cards, some, however, collect things a little more abstract. It is this kind of collection, collections of quotes, stories, oddities, that I want to focus on here.  Charlie Munger, when asked in an interview how he prefers to learn about the world responds by saying "I collect big… Continue reading Starting a collection →

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Introduction to great epochs

June 24, 2020 neilhackerLeave a comment

"Sporadic great men come everywhere. But for a community to get vibrating through and through with intensely active life, many geniuses coming together and in rapid succession are required. This is why great epochs are so rare, - why the sudden bloom of a Greece, an early Rome, a Renaissance, is such a mystery. Blow… Continue reading Introduction to great epochs →

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